PLAYERS:
Brent Mayne,
Todd Helton,
Jorge Posada
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees
Former MLB Catcher Brent Mayne
Whenever you get the chance to talk to someone that has been there, it’s always special to see it through their eyes.
On June the 19th, 2009, I was given the pleasure of an audience with Brent Mayne, a 15 year Major League Veteran. My connection with Brent was made through a gentleman named Bob Salomon, one of the driving forces behind the new book “A Glove of Their Own“.
Bob had originally connected with Brent by reaching out to him through checkswing.com. Which is a social networking site for former and current players and coaches.
As we slid into the interview, I asked Brent what his first impressions of “A Glove of Their Own” were, and he opened up with a great answer. You can tell this book continues to go that extra mile to touch people.
“You know it’s a really neat thing” he said, “the point it is getting at is, if you do things correctly, you do them the right way and for the right reasons that success kind ...
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