JUPITER, Fla. • Standing in the clubhouse Wednesday morning, Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith spoke about the difference between a fleeting young talent and one who becomes a star, the difference between a team that plays and a team that contends.
“Consistency,” he said. “You have to show up every day.”
The same is true at a newspaper.
It has to show up every day.
Few baseball writers have excelled at the daily grind with the same consistent excellence than the gentlemen sitting each day this spring to my right, birthday boy Rick Hummel.