One More Opening Day
Joe Shrode is a father, and a 19-year youth baseball coach. He is the author of “Between the Lines: A Father, A Son, and America’s Pastime.” BTL goes beyond balls and strikes, hits and outs, and wins...
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Joe Shrode is a father, and a 19-year youth baseball coach. He is the author of “Between the Lines: A Father, A Son, and America’s Pastime.†BTL goes beyond balls an strikes, hits and outs, and...
View ArticleThe Third Sunday in June
As a child, I didn’t know the date of Father’s Day. I knew my friend Bob couldn’t come out and play because his family celebrated with his dad. I’d walk past his house anyway, hoping he would...
View ArticleNow It’s Over
“It’s over,†my mother says in the early innings of so many Cubs games. Frustrated, she changes the channel. Those words were uttered by baseball fans across the country in the past few months as...
View ArticleJust Being a Kid
Excerpt from my manuscript, “Between the Lines: A Father, A Son, and America’s Pastime” I sit in the living room and watch some big, dark clouds blow in over the trees. I keep checking the clock, as if...
View ArticleThe Best Game Ever
No, not game 6. The best game ever was played when I was eight years old on Doc Branson’s lot across the street from the house I grew up in. Excerpt from my manuscript, “Between the Lines: A Father, A...
View ArticleSpring Training
It is a good practice. Just Sam and me. I hit fly balls to him in the outfield, because he needs to practice catching and slamming into the wall like New York Yankees centerfielder Johnny Damon....
View ArticleThis One is Different
Excerpt from my manuscript, “Between the Lines: A Father, A Son, and America’s Pastime” There’s no feeling in baseball, maybe not in any sport, like the feeling of hitting a home run. As an oversized...
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