"When I was young and was roaming the streets of Queens NY with my friends looking to play a game of baseball, football, hockey amongst ourselves or a game with kids from another neighborhood. We were just having fun. It was about being together as a group leaving reality for a little while and play without anyone bothering us. Whatever sport was in season and we were pumped about getting up a game. We had our favorite sports teams and players and we would make believe we were those teams and players sometimes. I couldn't hit the ball two telephone poles long but Bobby Murcer could, so I would be Bobby Murcer or Mickey Mantle when I needed a big hit. Today its about the money and all the other nonsense that is part of the sports celebrity. We didn't think about that back then. I hope the kids today get a chance to feel the way I did, and can escape into that world for a while, the way I did, way back when."
Andrew Jimney (Vice President)
Jesse Collyer Youth Sports, Ossining, NY
Jesse Collyer Youth Sports, Ossining, NY
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