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@PTWood posted:

First kid 8.5 hours away at 18. Second kid almost 10 hours away at 18. Third kids almost 24 ours away at 18. So far only one "can you come visit" and it was last year because the boy was being silly not because she was homesick.

You got this Francis! And I agree with the statement above. The team gives them a built in support group and the structure they need to really set them up for success.

Drive to Clemson was 12 hours, by plane with car rental and drive from Atlanta about half.  Lots of the team was from different parts of the country, that's how it was done back then.  My friend catchersdad is from Washington State.

Sully and Jack told us it was a family, and it was.  Only once did he want to come home, after a really bad game.  I think it prepared him well for his future travels in his professional life.

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