Tradition Never Graduates

With a little perseverance
You can get things done
With the blind adherence
That has conquered some
--Corey Hart

A few years ago I was chatting with my old high school baseball coach, the legendary Mike Cameron, prior to a Moeller baseball game. We joked about how unsophisticated our approach back then seems compared to today's game--uniforms, equipment, facilities, training. media attention, etc.

However, Coach Cameron was careful to point out, "It was you guys who paved the way to today. These players are standing on your shoulders."

I should add, of course, that even back then, Coach Cameron was a leading edge-like innovator as he had us trying things things few other teams of the time were doing.

Yesterday, Moeller captured its 8th state baseball championship with a dominant performance over Westerville Central. Final record: 31-3 including a Spring Break tournament crown in Atlanta that featured several top national programs. It was great to watch these young men perform thru an amazing season and cap it off as they did.

You know what, all that shoulder weight feels light as a feather.