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Richard Verlander (Dad of MLB Superstar Justin): Most Precious For Parents To Give Child Is Their Time

This blog is part of a special series on dads which originally ran in 2012. Because it is timeless we are sharing it again. 

The father of a Major League Baseball superstar urges sports parents to stop to appreciate right now just how special the days they spend as a family running back and forth to games, traveling, cheering and crying together and loving one another really are.

Youth Sports Heroes of the Month: Armando Galarraga (Cumana, Venezuela) and Jim Joyce (Beaverton, Oregon)

At Detroit's Comerica Park on the night of June 2, 2010, the nationally televised Detroit Tigers-Cleveland Indians game offered children - indeed, Americans of all ages - enduring lessons in compassion and personal responsibility. The teachers were a pitcher, Armando Galarraga, and an umpire, Jim Joyce, improbably thrust into the limelight after years in relative obscurity, and their dignity and grace created a "teaching opportunity" for parents, teachers and coaches who seek to shape children's values through sports.
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