Snoot and I had an opportunity to spend a couple of hours with Ryan and his mom and his caregiver in Malabar, Florida. If you are ever in the Orlando area, I encourage you to make the 60 mile drive to Malabar to visit with Ryan and his family. You will enjoy yourselves.
It was great to see your smiling face and great attitude on the video. I hope you will get to Dudy-Noble soon. We are projected to have a heck of a pitching staff this year, perhaps the best in the SEC, which usually means the best in the nation! It is a truism in baseball – if the opposing team can’t score against you, they can’t beat you. Our seasn starts in a short eleven days and we have a really tough schedule but are blessed with a lot of home games this year. I see that he SEC has ONLY three teams ranked in the pre-season top five, so our work is cut out for us. I am ready to go back to Omaha! I have been to the last four College World Series games, and that atmosphere is like a final four (I attended that as well in 1996).
I have a stand in first-position, right centerfield, against the centerfield wall, and we BBQ behind the wall. I also have a skybox, again, first position on the first base side. I only use the skybox for really nasty weather. I have watched MSU baseball from the “left field lounge” for over three decades and watching it from the skybox just doesn’t seem right. Most people think I am crazy, but those are people who have really never experienced the game from the outfield louge areas, year-after-year.
I wear a “Duffy” wristband every day and have plenty of spare ones to replace those that break. I wish you the best and pray that you will continue to work hard to get better and continue to have a positive attitude.
I hope to see you when you get to MSU.
Dr. Ramsey; Starkville