By: Connor Sand In the paired podcast, Micah Kaczor took me through the past year of his baseball career which featured an impressive senior season at East Tennessee State, going undrafted/unsigned by a Major League organization, playing independent league baseball, signing with the Colorado Rockies organization in the middle of summer, going to 2020 Spring Training, and then getting released as teams released many minor league players due to the impact of Covid-19. He has faced many obstacles in the past 15 months, yet he traveled across the country to train at Driveline Baseball for 2 weeks just to give himself the best chance going into the 2021 season as a free agent. After being released in May, Micah took a week to reflect on what he wanted to do. He had gone through so much to get to affiliated professional baseball only for it to be taken away by an unforeseen pandemic. The recurring thought during the week was how he felt wh...
By: Connor Sand Covid-19 has changed the landscape of the sports world since March, and collegiate spring sports have been dramatically affected with the cancellation of their seasons. These cancellations have robbed these athletes, especially seniors, of their ability to complete their collegiate careers and in some cases dramatically hampered their ability to position themselves for a professional career. They are left to feel disappointed, frustrated, and most importantly uncertain of what the future holds. The state of uncertainty is a mental state which comes from a lack of knowledge. This is not saying when you are uncertain you aren’t smart, but it’s explaining that uncertainty comes when someone isn’t familiar with, or understanding of the situation they are in. This could be in a job, a relationship, ...