Dad bought his glove years before I took my first breath. He bought it so he could play on a beer-league slow-pitch softball team.
“I was transferred to Cape Girardeau, Missouri in May, 1969, where Charmin Paper Products was opening a ...
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If You Give a Kid a New Baseball Glove
If you give a kid a new baseball glove,
he’s going to ask for a baseball.
When you give him the baseball,
he’ll probably ask you, “Wanna play catch?”
To properly play catch, he will want you
to take him to a baseball ...
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A Play-Created Masterpiece
A simple definition of play is “meaningful, but not necessary.”
My first thoughts of play jump to the world of baseball, of throwing balls and swinging bats and running after pop flies and grass-stained pants and sweat streaming off the ...
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The Catching Hope Tour – 2.0
First, the “bad” news. The catch-playing, storytelling, glove-giving-away trip to Cooperstown is postponed. Hopefully, it will be a reality next summer. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully.
When Life throws a curveball, keep ...
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The Power of Glove
I believe in the power of a glove. This is not a religious conviction, though Annie Savoy and John Kinsella would probably disagree. I hold a simple belief that a glove can make a significant difference in someone’s life.
Gloves carry ...
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