Sports Memories and Friendships
I was looking through some old stuff last night and got to thinking. I have coached a lot of teams in a lot of different sports at many different levels. I have coached in state playoff games, and I have coached games where only 10 people were in the stands. I have a lot of great memories. I coached my son in 4 sports (only a couple of games in soccer), coached many of you and your kids in sports. I have way to many memories to put them all here but a couple I would really like to share. I was a nickname giver. One day this left hander strolled into practice and I put the kid at first base. He gobbled up ground balls right and left and handled throws pretty well. At the time, the Reds had a player who played some first named Leon "Bull" Durham. I looked at this kid and immediately started calling him "Bull" We became friends immediately and have been for over 25 years now. My wife rarely missed games when my son played. I will never forget watching a