Welcome to My World: Texas A&M coach Gary Blair

I grew up loving baseball. We’d play all up and down the street, me and this girl, Judy, who was the best athlete on the block. She was three years older than me, and we would always try to be on the same team. We would challenge four guys and be just the two of us.

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I was better than all the guys on the block, but I wasn’t better than the best girl.

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