I wish I put thoughts to paper as eloquently as many that post on here, but realizing that is not my forte I will just explain it the best I can. I just finished our regular season this week, and we will be heading into the play-offs for the second year in a row. I have taken this team from being a door mat program that did not have a district win in the 6 previous years before my arrival to one that competes for a play-off spot every year. We now have arguably the best facilities in the region and for sure the best of any small school. Job security is high (or at least as high as it can be in our profession). The pay is not bad for coaches in our area. I say all of that to say...I have little to complain about, and I am proud of the program I have help to build here.
Now, the rest of the story.....Recently I moved to a small neighboring community (with a short commute to my current school), and the locals there have been trying to convince me to start a baseball program at their school. It is an extremely small school (less than 170 in hs) that is made up of a high minority population and most are economically disadvantaged. The school has no field, no equipment, no anything related to baseball. More than likely we will not win a game the first year, but I am going to accept the challenge. These kids need positive people and activities in their lives, and I feel like I can offer that to them through this great game of baseball. Hopefully through baseball I can give these young men another avenue to travel down that will lead to great opportunities and realization that life can be what they make of it. So, if you are the praying kind, offer up a little prayer that we can this thing up and going and maybe continue to change lives along the way.
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