Brent Walker

God, Family, Texas A&M

[Grapevine Faith Baseball @GFCSBSB]

HUGE addition to our staff! Welcome to Faith, Coach Sherman!

[Joe Duer @joe_duer]

When we moved to TX (Jake 11, Rock 8), we wanted great schools (Betty) and baseball (me😜). One name kept coming up, Coach Sherman. He built Marcus into a nationally respected program, but more importantly, he builds young men. Still checking in with boys weekly. Grateful 🙏⚾️

[Brent Walker @BrentWalker97]

@WesleyLHuff @dawson_knives @ApologeticsCA Thanks! It's really well done!

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

I never knew Bob Lang, who died in 2010, but after reading his obituary elsewhere just now I wish I had known him. Bob was a proud Texas Aggie who lived a very full life. Shortly before he died, Bob wrote the following reminiscence about Christmas time in Marlin, Texas, during the Great Depression. It's wonderful!

"It was the Christmas of 1933, the depression was in full swing, my Dad was an engineering officer on board a Texaco tanker which carried oil from Port Arthur to New York(was laid off when ship hit NY without pay for two months work, he was given $10, and he was lucky to get that, he rode the rails and walked back to Marlin, Texas. I did not recognize him when he came home. I was with my mom living back on the farm.

It had snowed and ice was every where. My grandpa hitched up the small mule to a sled and my uncle Ted, went with us to cut a tree for Christmas...he had one staked out. It was real pretty and we cut it, placed it on the sled and brought it home.

Popcorn was being made for tree ornaments and my aunts had to beat me to it because I was eating the pop corn. They made a stringer of pop corn and then cut strips of colored paper and made loops to add to the tree. Some old ornaments were also put on the tree and it was beautiful.

Well, my uncle always teased me and told me I was too young for Christmas and could not go into the living room....Although I was not allowed to speak or learn polish, I knew some cuss words and I used them, grandma was appalled and grandpa laughed.

That night we gathered for Christmas, we sat around the tree and sang Christmas songs in Polish, which I could not understand, then sang in American, which I could understand.

I was given a big red apple, which was the usual gift to children and it was the largest apple I have ever seen....it was a beauty. I put it on the kitchen table and just looked at it, touched it and held it occasionally, it was mine and I was going to keep it as long as I could.

We had to go to church for mid night mass, and I really did not care to go to church, rather stay at home and look at my apple. Well, I lost out and went to church. We got back, went into the house and that apple had a slice taken out. When I saw that, the guvna (sh t) hit the latern and I was looking for uncle Ted.....I knew he did it and I was right....that rascal had another apple and had switched on me.

I chased him around the house at 4 am, and it was cold, snowy and really bright. It was a beautiful night or morning. As I chased him we went around the wood pile and holy guvna .....there it was, a beautiful wagon, he had made for me, I was stunned. My first toy or tool or whatever. Now I could pull the wagon full of fire wood to the house instead of having to carry it in. He became my favorite uncle again.

I lived thru 81 Christmases. I guess that was the second best because the best was when I gave Patricia her engagement ring while she was visiting her Aunt in Schulenberg....I was wearing my senior boots and I thought I was the luckiest man in the world...I was in my boots engaged to the most beautiful girl from Teague, Texas...sixty years ago tonight.

It will be a lonely Christmas tonight, but I have so many beautiful memories......Merry Christmas Ags, I am on my way to Helotes to spend Christmas with my remaining family....I will say a prayer tonight for my beloved Aggieland and my extended family of Aggies everywhere.

Bob Lang"

Thanks very much to the kind Traces of Texas reader who shared this with me. I can tell I would have liked Bob Lang. The world needs more folks like him.

[Brent Walker @BrentWalker97]

@WesleyLHuff Merry Christmas!

[Brent Walker @BrentWalker97]

@JoshuaBarzon Thanks!

[Grapevine Faith Baseball @GFCSBSB]

Grapevine Faith Baseball is honored to announce Jonathan Lucroy as a member of our coaching staff. A 12-year MLB catcher, 2-time All-Star, 2017 WBC Gold Medalist, and 2025 Team USA Development Program coach, he brings a wealth of experience and energy to Faith. Welcome Coach!

[✭Five Tool Texas✭ @FiveToolTexas]

F: @dulins_dodgers 16U Cowser 5, Stix North 2027 Prospects 0
PoG: @BraedenKam 5IP, 4H, 7K, 0R
Hitter: Jace Walker 2-3, 2 3B, RBI, R

[✭Five Tool Texas✭ @FiveToolTexas]

.@dulins_dodgers 16U Cowser's Jace Walker rips one to right center for a triple.

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[✭Five Tool Texas✭ @FiveToolTexas]

.@DulinsDodgers 16U Cowser's Jace Walker barrels one to left for an RBI triple.

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.@dulins_dodgers Cowser's Jace Walker goes the other way for a single.

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.@dulins_dodgers Cowser's Jace Walker extends the lead with a line drive RBI single to right.

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[✭Five Tool Texas✭ @FiveToolTexas]

🏆CHAMPIONS🏆 

Congrats to @dulins_dodgers Cowser on winning the 16U National Division of the @FiveToolTexas DFW Summer Showdown.

#WatchEm

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.@DulinsDodgers Cowser's Jace Walker smacks one into right for an RBI single.

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TAPPS 2025 Division II State Championship Final Score⚾️

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Jace Walker drills this pitch to the left-field corner for an RBI double to give his squad the 1-0 lead in the top of the 4th.

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State Semifinal Game Day Information

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LIONS WIN!
See ya at STATE!

[Brent Walker @BrentWalker97]

@cjohnsonn0311 Romans 6:23 ESV
[23] For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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