In 2018, I played catch every single day. It was awesome.
Toward the end of Spring Training 2018, Wilson sent me a new glove. A 12.75” blonde, H-webbed beauty. That new glove was an incredible encouragement and affirmation of the journey ...
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Dad’s Glove
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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