@jtlinder You have to have a program and culture in place, not just hope kids will show up when they hit high school.
It is no fluke that Pleasant Valley has 50+ kids in their program. Look at the coaches and programs.
In 1890, a remarkable photograph was taken. It captured the scars of a little-known American man. He was a survivor of an unimaginable ordeal in American frontier history.
The picture would continue to pass down through the ages. It was a reminder of not only a distant time in American history but of the individual it depicted – Robert McGee.
The story of Robert McGee, a young orphan who embarked on a westward migration in search of a better life, is a captivating one to behold. Little did he know that his journey would lead him to a fateful encounter with Sioux warriors.
This encounter left him scarred but defiantly alive. His flesh was ripped from his skull in a brutal scalping incident. It occurred in the summer of 1864 when he was just 14 years old.
How did he manage to endure such a horrific event? And what do his ordeal and subsequent survival reveal about the era he lived in?
McGee’s journey is, at the same time, one of resilience, legend, and the astonishing will to survive against all odds.
@frmgoetz Before Yankees Old Timers games, they would show the names of the past players who had passed away that year. Once, Yogi Berra nudged Reggie Jackson and said, "I hope I never see my name up there."