Reply to "Exploring Your Parent Baseball Options!!"

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BBWatcher, That is a fine post. When my oldest son finished college and was not drafted, I wondered if he would be lonely for the game. He was, and now is the pitching coach at a HS. I was lonely for him, but when he decided to coach, I was real happy for him.

One of my closest friends, pitched in the big leagues for 8 years and then had his son go to Stanford, where they won back to back college world series titles. The kid then won a Gold Medal in Korea in 88 and then won 2 world series rings with the Blue Jays. He just retired in 2002 and when I asked pops what he thought, he said he was relieved. He had sweated out every AB that his son had for about 25 years and was just worn out. His son now has a head coaching job at a D1 school, and Dad will start sweating all over again.

Sometimes it just keeps going on for the parent.

1/20/0410:08 PM

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