Gordon Edes
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@GordonEdes
Sportswriter in Chi, LA, Atlanta, Ft. Laud'dale and Boston. ex-Red Sox historian, ex-Cubs tour guide, substitute teacher, too
Greg Luzinski at bat, 1983. He hit 32 home runs that season.
I've had a lifetime of ups, downs, and sideways. Baseball. Failure. Faith. Rock bottom. Redemption. And the one lesson that ties all of it together? You don't become better by avoiding hard. You become better by embracing it... I'm a broken, flawed man and I've made mistakes I'm not proud of. I've let people down...not by choice, but I let them down. But how I reacted to those moments? That's where the growth lived. Here's what a lifetime of hard actually taught me. Lesson #1: Life is going to be hard. That's not a warning, that's a promise. People are going to be messy. You're going to make mistakes. The speed of life doesn't slow down for any of us. What you control: • Whether you embrace hard or run from it • Whether you get better or just get bitter • What your first thought is when your feet hit the floor in the morning There's so much more value in pushing through hard times and coming out the other side. Lesson #2: You can't outrun what you're supposed to grow through. I numbed failure instead of walking through it. I told myself it was working. It wasn't. Eventually, the hard you've been running from catches up. And when it does you either let it break you or let it build you. I've walked through all the challenges, all the ups, all the downs, all the sideways. And I think every single one of them put me in a position I was handpicked for. Hard doesn't disqualify you. It prepares you for what's next. Lesson #3: Be Steadfast. Be Persistent. Be Resilient. Those aren't traits you're born with. They're what's left after hard things do their work on you. They didn't come from the easy stretches They came from character that wasn't there before Empathy I couldn't have had without the hard Today is the only one we're promised. Don't waste it running from hard. Embrace it. I share these lessons every time I speak because every room has people in the middle of their own hard. Want to bring this conversation to your team? Tap the link in my bio to learn more. @Pirates
Miguel Vargas got traded to the White Sox in 2024 and posted a .387 OPS the rest of the year. Last night he was taking selfies with David Ortiz after homering in the All-Star Game “Now for me coming here and having this moment here, is unbelievable” soxmachine.com/2026/07/miguel…
Here was that Sandlot-esque break in the MLB All-Star Game, featuring fireworks and Ray Charles' rendition of "America the Beautiful," as it looked on the Fox broadcast. ⚾️🎆
New and EXCLUSIVE at ESPN: Last Friday, I was given unprecedented access to the White Sox draft room where they debated taking Roch or Grady. It was fascinating and a close call. And all of it was on the record. It's a story of team collaboration: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…
A moment in the minor leagues I had with C.B. Bucknor that reminds us of the lines we need to draw. @MiLB @MLB @WSDashBaseball #MLB @Substack open.substack.com/pub/dougglanvi…
Listen, I know it’s a different franchise, but no Chicago team can complain about a rain delay in Cleveland for a minimum of 108 years.
