SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Spring Training is all about that dreaded word known as routine.
That goes for writers as well as players, coaches and managers, which is why -- two years later -- we still badly miss our colleague Richard Durrett way out here on the edge of Phoenix.
Richard passed away suddenly in the summer of 2014, leaving behind his beautiful wife Kelly, his two children, Owen and Alice, and a third that had yet to be born. Yet his memory still burns bright. And on June 23, the Do It For Durrett Foundation will hold the annual fundraiser at the Ballpark in Arlington.