Agilish

I value trust and honesty as core beliefs. I have always been transparent in work and in my personal life because I have nothing to hide. I do not lie, cheat, or steal — so why wouldn't I be? With that context, this post is not an April Fool. But I do want to share the best April Fool that ever got me. It got thousands — if not millions — of us. Every year I think about it, remember my friend Erik and his dad, and I smile. 1985 The year was 1985. Erik and I were baseball-crazy teenagers getting ready for our first freshman high school baseball season. I was finishing dinner with my parents when the white rotary phone in my mom's kitchen rang. "It's over! It's over! Baseball as we know it is over." Erik was on the other end, more excited than I had ever heard him. He went on and on about a new pitcher the Mets had found who threw 168 miles per hour with pinpoint accuracy. The Mets would win the World Series — nobody could beat a team with pitching li...