I spoke to a friend today as he was driving home from Grand Junction CO after watching his son’s McLennan CC team win the JuCo World Series. His son (Jack) pitched (and won) the semifinal game vs Crowder. We didn’t talk about any of that. He told me about something that happened to Jack during the week. At some point while the team was on the field (between games I’m guessing) Jack noticed a young boy and his mom just hanging around. The boy had a baseball glove with him so Jack asked if he wanted to play catch. The boy was all wide eyed but Jack found a safe place on the field and they played catch for a while. For the rest of the week Jack spoke to the boy every time he saw him, calling him by name every time. After the Championship game was over last night the boy and his mom waited 90 minutes for the post game ceremonies to be over to congratulate Jack. When saying their goodbyes the boy handed something to Jack. Before he could see what it was the mom told Jack how much his kindness had meant to the boy and how they both wanted Jack to have what the boy gave him. Jack took off his McLennan team hat, placed it on the boys head, and they parted ways. Only then did Jack look to see what was in the little package the boy gave to him. It was a service medal that had been awarded to his father, who lost his life while defending our country. 
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