Jarrett Payton on his Dad, Bears Hall of Famer Walter
“Father’s Day is one of those holidays that touches my heart, just because he’s not around anymore, and I think about him.
chicagotribune.com
6/19/11
Michael Kennedy has years of baseball memories stored in his home, each play painstakingly recorded by numbers and lines.
He has scorecards from nearly every game he has attended, going back to the age of 7 when his father and grandfather taught him to keep score. His grandfather has died in the years since, but every line Kennedy draws at a ballgame is a link to him.
indystar.com
6/19/11
The glue that binds fathers and their children is sports
Years ago, I covered the grand opening of a minor league baseball ballpark in California. They’d scrambled to complete the project in time for opening night. So much so that I leaned against a stadium railing while scribbling on my notepad, and walked off a few minutes later with a stripe of dark green paint across my shoulder.
Just before first pitch, I saw an older gentleman with white hair standing in the seats behind home plate. It was what he had in his hands that I noticed: a newborn baby
oregonlive.com
6/18/11
