Calkins: 78 youth baseball teams are playing in Memphis this weekend – let’s hope they are safe at home
A Collierville Dragons player slides safely into home during a youth baseball tournament game against the Arlington Arsenal May 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Collierville Dragons played a youth baseball tournament game against the Arlington Arsenal on May 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Lisa Ford cheers on her son, Landon, during a youth baseball tournament game May 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Collierville Dragons pitcher Blake Harvey throws a strike during youth baseball tournament game against the Arlington Arsenal May 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Arlington Arsenal walk off the field after a youth baseball tournament game against the Collierville Dragons May 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Seventy-eight youth baseball teams are playing a tournament at GameDay in Cordova this weekend. It is scary beautiful.
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