Condredge Holloway was nice enough to speak at the innaugural West High Leadoff Banquet tonight. Many forget that he was a great baseball player, earning all-american honors while at UT. I think he was only half-joking tonight when he said he wished he'd stayed with baseball so that he could avoid the limp he walks with.
He told the boys it was okay to dream, but prepare themselves for the future, as very few will earn a living playing baseball.
For those of us old enough to remember, I still think he was the most electrifying player to ever wear the orange and white.
He said that he'd done the saddest thing he'd ever had to do yesterday in attending the funeral of former Vol QB Jimmy Streater. He said Streater was buried with his UT jersey on.
I know this is only partly about baseball, but I wanted to acknowledge Condredge. Also thanks to Bob Ross for putting the event together.
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