new era
Oh no .. is not a post that talks about the famous baseball caps. It 'a post about a nice change I'm going to do. I like to call "experiment". Even if someone looked at me a little incredulous when I told it.
First, I close my company and my brother. After four years of ups and downs, mostly downs, I feel that it is time to take this step because now that reality has no reason to exist. Why mostly depends on me, and my life in recent months has led me to make a choice.
Summarize that with this example. Thanks to her I'm doing in school, the other day I had the good fortune to spend over an hour to talk baseball with one of the guys who work out and his parents. This thing for me was "brilliant", because instinctively I confronted in my head with one of the boring hours of fruitless talks with representatives of commercial suppliers or customers.
First, warm, exciting, alive, joyful, intense.
Second, cold, blind, dull, devious, empty.
To which I asked myself .. but who cares? To me, really, what do I care to waste precious hours of my life behind these commercial logic, when I get a lot more when I pass an hour or so to teach children to play baseball?
And the rest came by itself. The first thing? I need help.
Yes, I say it openly. I need help because right now I just have to realize that this thing is virtually impossible.
The first people I asked were my help. It seems trivial, but for me it is not. I think in 29 years is the first time I do it so openly. And I'm lucky, because the response I got from my and my brother when I told them about this thing, the eyes were smiling. Thanks, really.
In short then, I will be taken from them for a part time job. This will give me an economic basis and grant me more time to devote to work in schools and in sports in general. Work? Yes Nowadays a person can decide to become a ski instructor, tennis, dancing .. and if it's not really a disaster often also manages to get by with this activity. But in baseball, and more generally in minor sports, this is not yet possible.
I believe that with the sole aim of being able to live decently, sowing now to collect tomorrow, here in Genoa there is the possibility that in future a person may be able to put on at least a "half-pay" Working within these sports. I had the good fortune to meet some people, very courageous, who believed in it and they got it. But others are trying for a while and I'm sure that if they continue so reach their goal.
Although sometimes it makes me a little afraid, I think this might be my way. Who knows. Once an acquaintance, telling her that I was an entrepreneur told me: "oh, how strange! I thought the teacher was doing something ..". who knows .. maybe we had half guessed! :)
Well .. Only now I hope to be able to give back in some way, sport and personal, yet all that was given to me. I have a feeling that I'll remember 2009 for a while ..
by .. little miss ..
I do not want to tip the balance .. but today's result was comforting. 12 people in the field and 2 excused. And above all, a good level, although almost all beginners.
But the road is still uphill all the way .. nothing is easy, but we have at hand a lot of opportunity ..
I hope it continues like this, I am convinced that sooner or later the results will come.
In the meantime, if you want to learn to play baseball or know someone who might be interested, write me at [sli (at) mindless.com] simply is, or make a comment on this post.
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Period. Application.
Almost three months of preparation. Tonight the situation. A question, which I hope I can write a good answer.
I'm as excited as if you were going to the first day of school ..
Among other things today is finally resurfaced the sun.
Beautiful.
cheese!
I do not know where this road will take me .. but judging from my expression in the picture seems to be the right one .. :)
(Cmq-faced idiot of myself is kindly provided by my "come on, we all say cheese! [We the American school] and instead" cheeeeese "has come a long chorus of" formaggioooooooo ")
The history of baseball Genovese
During the offseason, and the transfers of past championships, had made a habit of writing notes about the stories and the stories of times gone by baseball. I said "you never know," would be a shame to lose all this news.
Fortunately, someone better than I had thought the same thing and was put to work for some time. In fact just this year, the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of baseball in Genoa, Francesco Gambaro will release his book "60 years of baseball and softball in Genoa."
For these two events truly exceptional, Gabriel organized a big party during which the great glories of baseball will play a game reminiscent of Genoa.
So this Sunday, September 21 to 11, all the Pugs unique to this day! Whether to enjoy a good game, is to give a good signal-to baseball Genoa!
In my small way, I hope to revive again the 'sound system worthy of Pugs with Kalle to cheer the game that is played for these "diamond wedding".
For completeness, we also transcribe the press event :
Baseball and softball have been introduced in Genoa in 1948 thanks to South African soldiers in the city after the war.
During these 60 years have experienced many moments of glory as the capture of a shield (later revoked), a Cup Winners' Cup Italy and two in Europe. Even 6 different teams have played for Genoa in the top flight.
The whole city was involved from the mania of baseball and softball from Nervi to Voltri every neighborhood had at some time in his team.
To celebrate the "diamond wedding" between the city and those sports, Santa Sabina is organizing a big party to be held Sunday, September 21 Carlini stadium - the main field.
The festival will begin at 9 when the young players take the field of Santa Sabina engaged in a game demo also open to those who have never played and want to try the sport.
At 11 will be the turn of the match between former players who have trod the "diamonds" Genoese in these 60 years, among them some legendary names like Vic Luciani, Roger Coppola, Giancarlo Angeloni and many others.
At the end of Santa Sabina will offer a lunch buffet to all former players, coaches, managers, referees, classifiers Genoese.
Occasion will be put on sale the historical book "60 years of baseball and softball in Genoa" edited by Francis Gambaro brothers Frilli telling anecdotes, trivia and protagonists of the first 60 years of baseball and softball in Genoa.
Anyone interested in purchasing the book can be booked online by sending an e-mail to softball@paroleluminose.org and indicating the number of copies desired.
Well .. for further information or clarification please send an email to quietly Gabri of softball@paroleluminose.org or simply leave a comment on this post.
A Sunday!
Coming full circle - part one
It 's been a while since I last wrote about baseball in Genoa. Most people know why, some people have guessed, but I wanted to wait until today to talk about it.
The championship is over and it's time to express my point of view, free from emotions "hot" and the picture in the round.
Given the many misunderstandings, I want to emphasize: this is just my point of view. Neither more nor less.
play
Fast Flashback: April 18, 2008. I am officially dismissed from the team.
The framework, though round, however, started a few months earlier.
Earlier this year a meeting is convened by the leadership which is offered to players of a proposed merger with Cairese. Historical opposing team, but close circle of Liguria. The project objectives are twofold. Place all players "strong" of the two teams in cairese to go to Serie B, and all players are "young" in Genoa to play and to avoid relegation.
Shot change. Zoom. Backstage.
The Gryphons were a team with a strong identity and cohesion. It 'a so-called "intangible". In the roster of the statistics can not find this value. But when they come down on the ground, yes. You feel it. And, sometimes, also causes you to win matches.
A thousand reasons why I believed this absurd merger separation. Technical, economic, sports. But what touched me most was one. Yes, I admit it: I was sorry not to play more with my teammates. I'm guilty. I also did a lot of noise and a lot of controversy over this. And I regret that. If I had not behaved well, perhaps, at least I would not be misunderstood.
But the greed of playing in Serie B, has blinded everyone. And the only people who do not raise your hand because the project started, new exception, were Coppola and Caponi. Unlike Roger, I'm stuck.
Anyway, life goes on. As I wrote the last post on baseball Genovese, I tried to make me a reason and motivation to find the new team. I brought my apologies to volunteer for my behavior and leadership, although an occasional jab controversy came out I always outside, I began to try to turn the page.
Unfortunately, I was not even given time to assimilate it. The second league is Cairese vs. Genoa. Game where clearly we are defeated as clearly as the 'huge gap between the technical teams. The atmosphere in the field, is certainly not quiet.
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Coming full circle - part one
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Coming full circle - part three
Coming full circle - part four
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