An Inspiring Stroke Survivor
- By Jimmy Fowlkes
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- 02 Jan, 2019
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Being Motivated by a Man I Met in a Grocery Store
Giving props on this New Year's Day to Don Herring, a 70 year old gentleman my family met in the grocery store yesterday. He suffered 3 strokes ten years ago and not only lived to tell about it, but wrote a book about his life! He encouraged me to start writing my book. I survived a heart attack 13 years ago myself. Don and I had a great conversation about how our lives are similar, growing up being competitive athletes and having a wake up call like that. This man inspired me enough to ask him to go with me to visit Joshua's grandfather, who suffered a stroke two months ago and is struggling to get motivated with his rehab. He asked me to take this picture of the book cover on his phone, which he just released last year. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him!
As Jeff Frye puts it, the #shegone nation is growing! "People all over the country are on board with our mission to get back to old school baseball!"
What is a Hitting Guru? Why is the Guru named Judy? How did a former major leaguer become buddies with my 11 year old son?
So let me tell you his story. Stan is a huge advocate and supporter of Fowlkes Baseball! The Fowlkes family really owes him a boatload of gratitude.
I'll admit it. I committed a sin! I did something that no other youth baseball coach has ever done. Are you ready for this? I didn't stall.
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The son of Tony and Julie became a star the other day. I met mom, dad, and Braylon a few years ago, when they played on the same team that I was helping to coach.
Mom would have been 90 this year, dad 95.
But the spring of 2020, whew… what a year to be alive.
I almost decided not to go to the doctor on Monday morning, September 12, 2005. What if I didn't? I wouldn't be here today!
A few days before my first ever Fowlkes Baseball/End of Summer/Back to School/Sandlot Baseball Game, I was told about an incident that occurred recently at the 2019 Dizzy Dean World Series in Southaven, Mississippi.
