<p>When he was pitching for the Yankees, Ron Guidry was my first cousin. Over the last few years, he just been “related”. Now that he’s the Yankee’s pitching coach, he is more closely related today.</p>
<p>My son is not the fastball pitcher that his namesake was, but he has better junk. He was a .503 hitter in high school with a .707 OB%. Athletics will not determine where he goes to college.</p>
<p>His high school does not rank its students, but he would probably fall in the lower end of the middle 1/3 of his class…we’re talking Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia admits from his class, I’m pretty certain, so where he falls is nothing to be ashamed of or an indicator of his judgment. Many National Merit Finalists and Commended scholars. Its just tough as hell to get good grades at his high school. Colleges do recognize that.</p>
<p>We’ll be looking at Elon, N.C. and Johns Hopkins on this trip, too.</p>