Today Cal Ripken enters Cooperstown as a member of baseball's Hall of Fame. When I was in Baltimore over the Fourth of July, I picked up a shirt that read:
Listen to your father/coach
Practice hard every day
Play for your hometown team
Never take a day off
Collect 3000 hits
End up in Cooperstown on July 29th 2007
While it pertains to Cal Ripken and his extraordinary career, I always think that it applies to the kids I coach and the way I go about my life. It's not about glory, it's about honor, commitment, and pride in what you do.
We were in Western New York earlier this month. While some of the families made the drive, I didn't make it to Coopertown. I'll wait for the Iron Man. As a part-time resident of Maryland, I could relate to the families in this article, but two trips to NY in a summer would have been a bit much: http://www2.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/07_29-56/TOP
Posted by Angel Zobel-Rodriguez at July 29, 2007 02:19 PM