A good friend of mine, Dirk Hayhurst, started pitching Major League baseball yesterday for the San Diego Padres.
I'll be officiating his wedding in October - that'll be a story in itself, I'm sure. It's been surreal talking to Dirk as he made his debut in front almost 40,000 fans. He's such a good man, a great writer and exceptionally talented at sarcasm!
It was great sitting around a living room full of his friends as we listened to the game here in Kent as he started the game out there in San Francisco. I think we all wanted to explode in tears of joy as we tried to imagine what our friend must have been feeling like as he reached that place that every passionate baseball player strives for.
Here's how it went for him: MLB.com
Dirk was also named the Community Man of the Year in Portland just a few days ago where he was playing for the Minor League team, the Portland Beavers.
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