Doug Glanville published The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View back in 2010. Hard to believe but it’s been fifteen years since I had him on as a guest for an early version of The Bookshelf Conversations.
Glanville, who played for the Phillies, Cubs, and Rangers over a nine-year career, became an Emmy Award-winning analyst for ESPN. Now, like so many, he also hosts a Substack — Welcome to Glanville — which he describes as “A place that captures the essence of baseball and its impact on the world. Dive deeper into stories of baseball, sports, and humanity that enlighten, entertain, and inspire ….”
One of those deeper dives came as the result of the passing of former teammate Ryne Sandberg. “I Used to Watch My Heroes. Now I Say Goodbye to Them” mirrors my sentiments when he writes, “Every day, as I remain close to the game, I have to accept that another piece of my childhood fades.”
It’s shocking to consider how many of the heroes of my youth are gone. But it sort of makes sense in a circle-of-life way. These guys were in the twenties and thirties when I was a teenager, so they are (or were) in their eighties at this point.
Nature, right?
Maybe that’s why I’m not as close to the game as I used to be. It’s kind of hard to have a 20-something as a hero when you’re in the AARP crowd.
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