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Kyle Boddy5,000+ posts

My 3 year old was watching one of my clients pitch in the big leagues with me, and he said: "Dad, I can do that someday too!"

I said: "Maybe you can play third base. Hitting home runs is more fun than pitching anyway," and tousled his hair.

Having been a pitching coach and a trainer - and the fact that I will be one for the rest of my life as my chosen life's profession - I've seen a lot of heartbreak from releases, scholarship losses, and so forth. And I've seen a lot of good. I've certainly not seen it all, but I know that as long as my son has fun playing the game - if he chooses to play it at all - then I'm happy. If he quits at age 10 because he likes other activities or plain doesn't like the game, no big deal.

6/18/155:07 PM

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