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Tag: Give the kid the ball

Sports

NewsCut Flashback: Because they love the game

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2019, 7:46 AM May 11, 2019
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In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it. Read more →

Sports

Give the kid the ball (cont’d)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2019, 10:31 AM Apr 24, 2019
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Sometimes, kids don’t cooperate, as was the case last night in Baltimore when a fan of the Chicago White Sox wanted nothing to do with the thing. Read more →

Sports

Baseball, a kid, and a player who doesn’t forget his roots

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2019, 11:39 AM Apr 17, 2019
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Today’s lesson, courtesy of the best sport ever invented, is (a) don’t forget your roots and (b) don’t miss a chance to make a difference in some kid’s life.
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People doing good · Sports

Give the kid the ball (cont’d)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 10, 2018, 10:44 AM Sep 10, 2018
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Look, if a Red Sox fan can give a baseball to a Yankees fan and find the joy in doing so, anything in the world is possible.
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People doing good · Sports

When you give a kid a ball

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2018, 7:02 AM Aug 15, 2018
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Always give the baseball to a kid. Read more →

People are jerks · Sports

What part of ‘give the kid the ball’ don’t you get?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 23, 2018, 7:05 AM Jul 23, 2018
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If there’s still justice in the world, someone is tracking down this Chicago Cubs “fan”, who has no knowledge, we presume, of one of the rules of being a baseball fan: Give the kid the ball. Read more →

Sports

The rain, a baseball, and a kid with his dad

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2018, 8:03 AM Jun 10, 2018
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During the downpour on Saturday, probably three hours into what turned out to be a four-hour rain delay, nobody was in the entire upper deck of the outfield seating at Target Field in Minneapolis except a father and his little boy (7 or 8 years old, I’d guess), who were under the scoreboard overhang. The boy was patiently waiting, his baseball glove still on his hand. Read more →

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