Playing Catch: Our (Father-Son) Journey

I fell in love with the game of baseball growing up and spent hundreds of hours ‘playing catch’ and watching my home team play. And while my passion for the game has not gone away, baseball took on new significance after I became a father. 

My son and I spent countless hours playing catch over the past decade and some of our most meaningful conversations - and dare I say relationship growth - occurred while having a catch. 

So, while playing catch became almost a daily routine for us during my son's formative years through to his senior year in high school - this podcast is not about baseball. It’s really about the trials and tribulations of growing up, parenting and how the art of 'playing catch' helped us build a father-son bond to tackle life’s challenges.

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The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted our way of life here in America and around the world. While every level of government, their respective agencies and the healthcare industry at-large look to combat this deadly disease, all of us can - and should - do our part to stem the tide of this viral outbreak. We all have a choice to make: continue to gather in large groups, drink beer, party and ignore what's going on around us; or adhere to the CDC guidelines, healthcare experts and other government leaders' directives to stay at home, embrace social distancing, wash our hands more frequently etc. to help save lives...maybe even the life of a family member, a friend or your own. 

We sincerely hope that ALL of us will come together and demonstrate the American spirit, our character and values to beat this thing down as ONE united nation to get us back to our normal way of life.

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With college grad season in full swing we take time to reflect upon Sean's freshman year at college, what led up to his decision to attend this institution, his first impressions of school, fun experiences (and not so fun experiences) during the year, and everything in between. 

If interested, here are a couple of YT videos capturing our experiences with the milestones and/or events we discuss in the podcast:

• Induction Day - https://youtu.be/dWv807BG4l8
• Plebe Parents' Weekend - https://youtu.be/l2YSTiGnkbI
• Navy Football Experience - https://youtu.be/c_OhjW0aRh4

Also, for anyone interested in getting more in-depth perspectives on the United States Naval Academy, we highly recommend you check out The Academy Insider with Grant Vermeer podcast.

Please note, this podcast does not reflect the views and opinions of the U.S. Department of Defense, the United States Navy, and/or the United States Naval Academy. All commentary and thoughts contained in this podcast are expressly those of my son and I.

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With movies like Parasite, bands like K-Pop sensation - BTS, and foods like Kalbi and Bibimbap becoming more mainstream in America today, identifying with Korean culture and growing up Korean-American is much different today than it was when I grew up in the 70s and 80s...or is it? In this context we discuss some of our interesting experiences growing up as an Asian-American and also talk about the broader topic of diversity, cultural differences including the importance of food to culture, and why we embrace the fact that we are Korean-American.

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Black Lives Matter. Period. We discuss why we believe this to be true based on our own honest self reflections since George Floyd was murdered and the subsequent protests that have erupted around the world in support of the BLM movement. 

We are Asian Americans and while we've certainly faced racism throughout our lives, we cannot begin to understand, fathom or truly grasp the systemic racism that has plagued the black community for hundreds of years in this country. So, this podcast cannot be a definitive statement on BLM, but truly is just one family's multi-generational POC perspective on why black lives should absolutely matter to us all.

We stand in solidarity with the black community and are committed to doing what we can to understand and ultimately help change the systemic racism that exists for them. Black Lives Matter.

For questions/comments, please reach out to us at: [email protected].

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