Scoff if you will at a kid and his dream.

I would let nothing discourage me from my ultimate goal of winning the Little League Championship in Williamsport Pa.

Going onto the minor leagues and then Major League Baseball here I come, lookout world I got a dream, aint no stoppin me now baby!

Walking to the ball field, glove in hand, tossing the ball into the air and catching it like I’m Lance Parrish catching a popup fly ball.

The guys rounded the corner in unison. Carl pushing his twin brother Jim. Ben still whistling the Star Wars theme. Lisa and Kim trailing behind. Shane, being, well Shane, was yelling at them all.

I’d look back on these days as the ‘glory days’, as Grandpop calls his days a kid living for summer to be on the mound pitching a no hitter.

Grandpa made it to the minors but the war came and he lost and leg.

My dream, my awesome dream was to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, like grandpa dreamed he would.