Every year around this time, I receive mourning postcards. It is then that I first hear of the passing of friends and mentors. Yesterday, one after another, I learned of the deaths of former classmates and mentors from past part-time jobs. Though I hadn’t seen them in nearly 40 years, we had kept in touch through New Years greeting cards. I regret not making an effort to see them again when I had the chance. I wonder if I’ve reached that age now.
Jake Cronenworth to Padres fans as they come to Petco Park tonight:
“You’re a huge part to our success…what you guys brought in ’22 was huge for us. That support, that level of intensity and emotion, and how loud you guys were…that’s really important to us.”