Stuff to Check Out: Ernie Clement's Player's Tribune Piece
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.”
Hi Everyone,
Happy Tuesday!
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.
Ernie Clement