Finally Back to the Fields
Is that a softball diamond? With players on it? And are they practicing? Are we sure it’s not a mirage? A bit overdramatic perhaps, but when you’re the dad of a 12-year old tomboy that is accustomed to playing multiple sports year-round, these last few months have been especially trying. So, forgive my excitement that youth sports, at least in some fashion, have returned. High school sports soon–hopefully, fingers crossed, knock on wood–will follow suit. Then professional sports. And college after that. Then life, at least in the sports world, can return to some sense of normalcy. Big-picture thinking? No. I’m well aware that in the grand scheme of things, sports are nowhere near the top of the hierarchy of important. We’re beginning to peak our collective heads out of the pandemic quarantine bubble while increasing hotspots threaten to plunge us right back in. Millions of people are out of work. Millions more are arguing seemingly at every turn and about issues both great and small. And it appears that one segment of the population is finally waking up and listening to what another has been saying for decades. Yes, #BlackLivesMatter. And yes, all lives do matter. But when one group of people has serious reservations about if there lives, in fact, do matter, I think it’s fair to place the attention squarely on them. Given our history, it’s the least we can do. With all that going on in the world though, it’s nice to return to a place that makes sense. Read the full article
