The Kinds of People to Avoid

I played with a variety of guys, and I coached a variety of guys. Some were great, the kinds of people you hope your kids can be friends with one day. Some weren’t, the kinds you pray your kids have nothing to do with. Now, as a coach and father, I want to help...

Finding Friends

Anybody who’s played the game had a coach and/or teammate at some point who helped them “unlock” something about themselves on or off the field, or both. In those cases, odds are that person became a close friend of the one they helped, regardless of...

Tell Me the Truth, Friend

“It’s time to give it up and focus on baseball.” That was the gist of what my dad told me as I entered high school. “It” was basketball, a game in my home state of Kentucky that creates legends. Give it up? I was already a legend (in my...