Does playing on a baseball team and serving in the military have any parallels?
A lot in my opinion–especially the teamwork part. No baseball team is going to win with just one player and no military team is either. As long as everybody, regardless of skill level, is giving it their very best the team is going to make out okay. What was it like attending the Little League World Series in Williamsport when you were inducted into the Hall of Excellence? It was wonderful. First of all, the skill level of the youngsters was amazing. Secondly, the day I was there they honored a man named Staff Sergeant Wilbert Davis who actually played in the Little League World Series and was killed in Iraq. It was a really special moment for me to be there when a soldier who had given his life for our country was also honored. Do you still follow baseball? Not too much. The last game I went to was at Wrigley Field with my son. There are just some great baseball stadiums. Wrigley is one. Camden Yards is another. As you go through life it becomes real special to go to parks like that.
