One thing baseball did that I don't think playing piano would have
done: I got a full four-year athletic scholarship to the
University of Tennessee, where I learned many things, among them
that I couldn't hit a real curveball. I played good bench,
though, and wore my uniform quite well.
Walt
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From: Doggre@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:15:18 EST
>Walt wrote:
>snip
>>My mother wanted me to learn the piano; I wanted to play
>>baseball. Bless her, she let me have my way. Like Billy
>>Crystal, I just wish I had been better at it.
>
>The beauty of music education & training is that music, like
>photography, is something you can still do long after your 18 yr.
>old athletic prowess has faded.
>
>But yeah, bless your mother for letting you "follow your bliss."
>It's not too late to take up piano, Walt. Tony Bennett has just
>started learning it. Imagine that, after all these years! It's
>never too late!
>
>Rich
>
>
>
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