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Hardball Heart: July 2013
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Tuesday, July 23, 2013. 10 YouTube Videos I Use for Inspiration. There is nothing quite as satisfying as taking a couple minutes out of a hectic work day to enjoy an uplifting clip from YouTube. Here are 10 of my favorites:. Recognize Significant Moments When They Happen. It was pretty tough choosing a video clip from my favorite movie Field of Dreams. 8221;I Know The Way Out”. The Wisdom of Jon Hamm. Okay, maybe this is inspiring for the...
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Hardball Heart: February 2014
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Thursday, February 20, 2014. Baseball Bloodlines: Ashes Under the Radiator. My fascination with my mother’s father—my Pépère—started with moving his toolbox for my Uncle Bobby. A couple of years ago. My mother then entrusted me with his pocket watch. Providing yet another link to the man I never met. Not too long ago she unearthed a trove of family photos. As a writer, I could bring him back to life on the page! Frenchville, Maine 1960s.
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Hardball Heart: May 2014
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Sunday, May 25, 2014. From the Archives: Baseball Spring Break in Florida. With former St. John's baseball catcher Joe Burke (the subject of one of the features I wrote for the team website. Right before he got me drunk. Looking through my archives recently, I stumbled upon an assignment I had to write for one of my journalism classes. It was an easy assignment. But I loved every minute of it. There was a top step at the end of the du...
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Hardball Heart: April 2013
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Sunday, April 28, 2013. 10 Songs That Define Me. I’m approaching 15,000 songs in my iTunes music collection. I’m not trying to show off. I have a genuine love of music that compels me to collect as many different songs and albums in every conceivable genre as humanly possible. But also because I got to reminisce about why these songs became so essential to my life. 8221;String of Pearls” and “In the Mood”. Is waiting for her husband to co...
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Hardball Heart: March 2014
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Friday, March 28, 2014. What I Want To Do With the Rest of My Life…And the Great Stuff That’s Happened So Far. Photo credit: Stephanie Schaefer). 8220;Did you just discover the meaning of your life? This question was poised to me by a Writer’s Bone. Contributor on Friday. This was in response to me saying, “I think I'm here to find cool writers and give them confidence so they can find their voices.”. Calling well-known writers assholes.
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Hardball Heart: March 2013
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Monday, March 4, 2013. The Birth of Sid Sanford and the Art of Being Good. 8220;Mr. Ford, can you please see me after class? 8221; Ms. Hayward said as she paced around the class. It was the second day of senior English class and I was diligently writing an essay on Beowulf. There wasn’t anything I could have possibly done wrong. At the end of class, Ms. Hayward waited patiently while my fellow students filed out of the room. Ms Hayward an...
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Hardball Heart: 100 Baseball Cards From My Youth: Part 2
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Monday, September 15, 2014. 100 Baseball Cards From My Youth: Part 2. As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series. I ended 2013 by sharing 50 of my favorite pictures from my life in baseball, so I figured it would be appropriate to end the summer by sharing 100 of my favorite baseball cards. Part 2 features 50 of from the National League. Feel free to share your own favorites in the comments section or tweet me at @danielfford. I’ll rem...
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Hardball Heart: October 2013
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Thursday, October 31, 2013. Wednesday Morning Breakfast: Black Coffee and Glazed Doughnuts. I hear crying from the driver’s seat as I get into the car. Before I can ask what’s wrong, my Aunt Catherine stops her fake wailing and smiles. “I’m going to miss you so much,” she says hugging me. “It’s been so good having you home.”. The Wednesday Morning Breakfast crew: Ken Ford, Tante Peewee, Aunt Catherine, and me. Would we meet in the middle?
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Hardball Heart: August 2013
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A passionate baseball fan stops to play catch every now and again. Friday, August 9, 2013. From the Archives: ‘Star Wars’ Fan Fiction. As I write this, my 6 year old nephew Jack is playing Lego Star Wars. Universe. Not too long ago, my brother Patrick and I were shopping for our nieces and nephews and came across plastic lightsabers that look like the real thing. Did we open them up and have a fight right there in the store? Yes, yes we did. Fan fiction I wrote in the 7th grade. I was not disappointed.
