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"I’ll never forget my mom’s response. She was like, “Ernie…. let’s be honest. You could be done playing baseball tomorrow. I mean, I hope not. It could happen, though, right?? So why not enjoy it??? Like, why spend this time being stressed? Spend it having fun.”
The Blue Jays World Series game 7 loss hit me especially hard. And that's saying something, because as a lifelong Oilers fan, I had endured back to back game 7 losses in Stanley Cup finals.
The Blue Jays loss was worse. Why? My favourite team just happened to play the game of baseball how I love it being played: hard and fast - and with respect to the game in every facet. Let's put it this way, I would have been all in on that bandwagon last October whatever jersey that team was wearing because of how they played.
In a lot of ways, Ernie Clement embodied the team's identity: valuing the importance of putting the ball in play with two strikes, playing high-level defense, running the bases hard and right, and putting the team first.
I was really moved by his Player's Tribune article, and wanted to pass it along. There's a lof of wisdom and insight any athlete can gain from it.
theplayerstribune.com/ernie-clement-…
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