Y’all may have guessed it, but July 19 is a major day in my universe: It’s National Ice Cream Day. President Reagan signed National Ice Cream Day into law in 1984, long before I was born, but, once I had that first taste of ice cream when I was 2 and I said “more!”, my … Continue reading National Ice Cream Day
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Baseball Moms (last part)
One of my roommates when I was playing in Hickory was Slater Hughes, and he probably had the worst baseball mom in the history of the game. She made a surprise visit to our apartment early in the season, and it didn’t go well for any of us. After Slater played what was probably the … Continue reading Baseball Moms (last part)
Baseball Moms (part 1)
2016 was the year I spent in Hickory playing for the Crawdads. I told y’all a while back about how me and two other infielders shared an apartment that I renumbered 643. My two roommates were our Dominican 2nd baseman, Jesus, and our 1st baseman, Slater Hughes. Slater got scouted right out of high school … Continue reading Baseball Moms (part 1)