Sure, baseball’s link to fathers and sons borders on the cliche, thanks primarily to the movie, “Field of Dreams.”
But a game of catch is still a great way to take a snapshot of the love of a father as this story of a young baseball’s pitcher’s personal catcher proves. Again.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins