http://crawdaddycove.com/2008/07/23/there-is-crying-in-baseball/ Insights and ideas on personal impact, parenthood, education, and sports from the Vice President of Red Sox Nation. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://crawdaddycove.com/2008/07/23/there-is-crying-in-baseball/#comment-6974 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:09:22 +0000 http://crawdaddycove.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-6974 If you never know games like that, winning will never be that special. That’s why ’04 ment so much to all of us after the years of heartbreaking losses. Sports are so much more like real life than some things kids learn in school.

]]> http://crawdaddycove.com/2008/07/23/there-is-crying-in-baseball/#comment-6973 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:14 +0000 http://crawdaddycove.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-6973 If u get a chance drop by a local field in Boston and visit a Yawkey Amateur Baseball League game. You will see grwon men cray on and off the field. YES – there is crying in baseball. it is a game filled with emotion. it is a game that is complete with passion. it is a game repleat with grief and pain. BUT – the rewards are great. The schedule is located at: http://www.yawkeybaseball.com

]]> http://crawdaddycove.com/2008/07/23/there-is-crying-in-baseball/#comment-6970 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:14:09 +0000 http://crawdaddycove.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-6970 Yo. Sounds like your boy is ready for statistics likes “BABIP” (Batting Average on Balls In Play), and the like. There are those who subsribe to the idea that the ONLY thing pitchers control are walks, strikeouts and home runs and that once a ball is in play, what happens to that ball is the luck of the bounce. Great piece.

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