I have not been actively posting for a while but still read topics in the ultimate baseball resource for parents navigating their sons/daughters way up the baseball/softball ladder. I just want to share with you the article I wrote for a future blog ( with a HSSBW source as a link) and would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your help all through these years especially those persons I had interacted with the most ( You know who you guys are! )
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I like Ryanrod's quote line. I looked it up. Here's the poem that originated the saying ...
Diamonds are only chunks of coal
That stuck to their jobs, you see
If they’d petered out like most of us do
Where would the diamonds be?
It isn’t the fact of making a start
It’s the sticking that counts, I’ll say.
It’s the fellow that knows not the meaning of fail,
But hammers and hammers away.
Whenever you think you’ve come to the end
And you’re beaten as bad as can be,
Remember that diamonds are chunks of coal
That stuck to their jobs, you see.
-- Minnie Richar
Good stuff, RyanRod. BTW looks like your son is having a heck of a career at Grinnell.
RyanRod: A great read! Also, Coach Hollibaugh is a class act - son corresponded with him much in his recruiting process. Your son's Grinnell degree will take him far. Also liked "your favorite highlight" (I could relate and appreciate small ball
!).
Ryan, that was a very cool blog post ! Interesting how you weaved your son's baseball life into a review of a Kobayashi film. Astig ! I dig the game winning hit clip and all of the pics too.
I was hoping to run into you down in Winter Haven last Spring.We will be playing in Ft. Myers instead of Winter Haven this year.
I shared your blog post on my Twitter & FB pages. Ingat kayo
@RJM ...Thanks for checking that poem!
@JCG... Thanks for the Kudos.
@RipkenFan ....Yes, Coach H is definitely a class act. Good Luck to your son !
@BobbyAguho..I was also looking for you last year but instead got to talk with a pitcher's dad. Glad you like the Kobayashi reference and thanks for sharing.. Ingat din kayo and Good luck to your son's sophomore season!
@TPM @FenwaySouth ...Thanks for the likes..You guys have always been there..
@everyone...Thanks for checking the blog...
Ryanrod,
Always enjoyed your posts. Congratulations to you and your son. Glad to hear he's had a great time at Grinnell. We visited in March with our 2016 and loved it...but it wasn't meant to be. Best to you and your family!
@fanofgame... Thank you for reading.. I am sure your son has learned a lot playing baseball and finishing his degree.. It is indeed the game of life... Continued success to your son.
@BransonBaseball ..Thank you for your comments. I know your son made the right decision for himself with the guidance from you and I wish him well during his senior year in HS!
Hey Ryanrod...been a while since we talked...thanks for sharing.
@scdigger Thanks for your comments. Best of luck to your son with his new delivery! Will be pulling for him!
