Work is going to be crazy today. Looooong, grueling and crazy. So I have time for just a quick post, and I guess it should be about something that I like about my job. So I'll mention one of the other major leaguers I've talked to in my job, and he's probably the nicest guy in all of major league baseball by a considerable margin. Sean Casey's nickname is "The Mayor" because of his knack for making pleasant talk wherever he goes. All you have to do is watch one game in which he's playing first base. He chats with just about anyone there. The runner, the first base coach, the umpire. Casey used to play minor league ball in my town. In fact he was part of the most successful Single A team to ever play here. He led the 1995 Watertown Indians to a New York-Penn League championship. He was a great player to talk to then. And wherever he went, throughout the minors and then onto the majors, articles would appear about how approachable this guy was. A few years...
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