One’s love of the game sharing
Encouraging life’s new vision
One more summer of baseball
Boys answering their final call
Autumn’s sandlot football days
In field’s dirt, drawing up plays
Collecting each baseball card
Keeping all, never will discard
Playing catch with dad each night
Pitching finds home plate in moonlight
Playing high school football games
Friday nights bringing lasting fame
Playing one final season
Retirement waits in postseason
Wrapped up in competition
Respecting each sport’s traditions
Memories of each game played
Never allowing time to fade
Dreaming of playing again
Competing in life’s senior lane
Remembering each mentor
Always open, each coach’s door
Enduring fabric of sports
Our love of the game playing out
Big Sky Buckeye 
I enjoyed the lines and title too.. I can clearly see the love of your game and the intensity.
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Athira, I appreciate your kind words. I certainly enjoyed my love of the game both as a player and later as a coach.
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My husband is a big sports fan, an heritage from his father.
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Vickie, thanks for sharing your husband’s love of sports. My brothers and I grew up in a sports family. My Dad was a high school coach as well as an All-American basketball player (1958).
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