Is anyone else enjoying Lubbock’s run in the 
? It’s been fun to watch one of my “former hometowns” march toward a World Series Crown. I’ve never been interested in the stories focusing on batting averages or the pitch count (too many years with my desk adjoining the sports department) - I’ve always had a soft spot for the other types of stories surrounding sporting events. I particularly enjoyed this story in the 
from a Mom’s perspective. Not only am I the wife of a coach, but I’m the mother of athletes and I can relate. So, when I saw the mother of 12-year-old player Bo Ricks trying to give him a good-bye peck in a dark parking lot before the team left for Williamsport, Pa., I could relate to the mother leaning forward and the boy pulling away - too old to kiss his mother in public. But I loved that photo and have gone back to it many times since it first ran on August 16. Tonight, I looked again and I saw something I had missed before. In the shadows, nearly hidden I can see his hand reaching for her’s and holding on. I know that hand. And, I have felt it many times. My thoughts tomorrow will be with the Mom’s, hoping they can hold on….and for the boys who will need that hand after it’s all said and done.
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