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with the tying run on second running
around first and one down box steps in
with Morgan Lawson on down backer winds
up delivers swinging in strike one
Boggs with a double her last time up
steps back in she swings and misses for
strike two
the O 2 pitch on the way strike three
well Ronnie Lawson's lady Alexander one
out away from being eliminated by coach
Damon's lady Cavaliers in this Fall
League district championship game
Ronnie's daughter Morgan steps in down
one run with a low on second watch so
first two outs here in the bottom of the
salmon man is this pressure watt as
Morgan steps up to the plate
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there's a guide to the gap in
left-center field one time you scored
white rounds third and she was for the
win
maybe coached him to third on the throw
of white man what a game is Weisberg
battles back in the bottom of the
seventh to defeat Jenkins in a thriller
to win the Fall League district
championship 65 league president bud
Dawson presents the runner-up trophy to
coach damage and
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and now he presents the championship
trophy to coach Ronnie Lawson and the
lady yellowjacket says the fans are
going crazy
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great game coach Morgan
pipefish oh thanks doc I didn't see you
here I just got here for the last few
innings say Ronnie you you look pretty
healthy out there today I'll give you a
return to work sleep at Tarzan Paul oh
yeah you know I still get that back pain
from time to time that may come and go
for a long time Ronnie you can take
aspirin when it comes back sorry Ronnie
vacations over see you in the morning
we're looking pretty spry out there
tonight coach oh you played a great game
today huh - gather Morgan but I've never
seen you play as well as you did today
three base hits a stolen base triple in
the bottom of the seventh to win the
district championship excuse me for
interrupting my name's Eli fields I'm a
scout with Virginia Tech if Morgan's
still playing like that in a year we'd
like to offer or scholarship to come
play ball with us are you serious a
scholarship a full one at that
now Tech won't be the only Club to be
after her but we we'd sure love to have
her you folks have a nice night you too
mr. field great game Morgan
right how do you feel about playing for
detecting a very good a few
thank you you're welcome
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we will get the rest don't worry about
enough good boy better be
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he's home thanks anyway
Josh dress Ronnie where have you been
I stopped up ready for a drink
what about softball practice those girls
were counting on you they'll let me
practice tomorrow did you get that
prescription
dr. Wilson wouldn't write me another one
what are you talking about didn't you
tell him you were in pain he knows there
for you Ronnie
cuz you must have talked did you tell
Trish this has got to stop Ronnie what
happened to you what happened to us I'm
gonna take these are I can't work you're
using those drugs as a crutch and you're
ruining our lives in the process I've
begged you to get help and when Ronnie
when is that gonna happen
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what oh hey bud about practice I'm sorry
bud I was fooling Loren or the weather
today sorry bud it won't happen again
Ronnie I talked to the committee and the
other parents we're gonna have Ernie
Forster coach rest of the Air Force
Ernie coaches Davey for goodness sake
I'll be fine bud Ronnie we've we've
already made our decision now you need
to take care of yourself we all want you
to get better better what the heck are
you talking about better bud but Oh
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morning Ronnie wanna talk about it not
really
come on buddy what's going on you're
giving giving it's never good enough all
I asked for is a little peace from time
to time maybe she tried getting up low
sinks maybe you should mind your own
business
whoa whoa we're friends remember at
least last time I checked it's just this
back pain again come on Ronnie it's been
almost a year ago
look I don't feel like talking about it
Raj let's just go okay fine
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hey you go get the bottle to place like
fish boat in this place up here okay
thank for detailing
hey Yugi yeah
we know
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good job give it your bird watch over
you Ronnie don't get up and stuff you're
gonna key step from one of us sorry guys
you need to get help
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Ronny you're late again and don't take
any more than pills I have to take
Morgan's car so you need to take her to
practice in an hour
I know I know I can do the job interview
tomorrow I'll be fine okay
I left some papers on the table for you
please read them for all of us
love you bye Morgan have fun tonight
given given for what
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Oh practice right okay don't get dressed
I am dress oh right let's go then let's
go
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dad are you okay do you make a drag I'm
fine Morgan
dad we're going too fast damn
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hey guys thank you coming to here
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where's my daughter they come for their
work
where's my daughter they were overloaded
up man was taking her ter she's alive
please tell me she's alive she's okay
home yeah they're telling an ER doctor
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morgen
daddy I'm not going to get my
scholarship now Emma do you realize that
I can't feel my legs
if all you wouldn't believe
these are peels
we found them in the car
you know he's coming with me
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Red's
Billy I've known your family for 15
years and you come from a good family
but you're not welcome here anymore
take it easy Marlene no you listen to me
I know what you'd become and I know what
you're doing to this community if I
catch you around here again I'm calling
the long you ready yeah hey Marlene what
was that all about what's happened to
you coach why are you concerned with a
drug-dealing thug like millibars what
are you talking about
you know what I'm talking about the
whole planning knows what I'm talking
about if you don't take care of your
drug problem you're gonna destroy you
and your family get some help paint
get some help I left some papers on the
table for you
please read them for all of us love you
bye Morgan have fun tonight
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Hey I'll catch up
go ahead and pull you up see what kind
of do for you Ronnie
ever since the injury I've been taking
the pain pills and I can't seem to get
off of them well I'm proud of you
stepping forward like this it takes a
strong and courageous man to do what
you've just done Ronnie I'll tell what
we can do for you we have a drug abuse
program here and what I'll do is I'll
get on the phone and start making some
phone calls immediately thank you I'm
glad you came in here when you did
Ronnie had you waited until it was part
of our drug testing program you would
have lost your job not anything I could
do to help you okay thank you
way to step up to the plate coach
my name is Tony Yates I'm 31 years old I
have 8 years experience in underground
coal mining I spent about 4 years in
federal prison for my oxycontin habit
that I had in my opinion that is the
only way that I ever would have gotten
off pain pills the extended period of
not being able to get them is the only
thing that saved me in my opinion I was
around the wrong people people that were
using them and after watching them for
so long
I couldn't help the tribe and I've
always been you know a little bit of a
drug addict smoke pot took pills on
occasion but the community that I live
in became over and with oxycottons and
after watching it for a while I decided
to try myself and after the first time I
loved that feeling so I kept doing it I
ran through probably $250,000 at about 3
and a half years everything that I ever
earned everything that I'd ever saved
then I began stealing stolen from my
parents from my family's company
anything that I could get my hands on a
stove traded pong whatever in the end it
caused my divorce the drugs did right
now my daughter she stays with her
mother most of the time and her
grandparents I see her when I'm not at
work which is very rare they all still
love me but no one could trust me I
couldn't really be close to anyone
anymore my family was always very close
and tightening it
mostly the trust and when you don't
trust someone that pretty much shuns and
away from you if I had it all to do over
again I would change everything I would
spend every second that I could my
daughter growing up you know all the
people in the coal mine you you're gonna
have injuries and pains and aches and if
you go to the doctor they're gonna give
you medication for that to make you not
hurt and if you're taking it you're
taking it at work too that's it's common
knowledge that if you're taking
medication at home you take it at work I
spent a lot of time underground hi you
know you don't really think about it
when you're doing it how dangerous it is
but looking back and now seeing people
in that condition it slows you down so
much you don't have the judgment that
you think you have and in the
underground coal mine everything is
dangerous you have to be on your toes
you have to be watching what you're
doing and watching what everyone else is
doing it's there's been so many close
calls with almost getting ran over by
shuttle cars or almost catching myself
with the minor pinching myself to the
rib it's there's just been many close
calls and looking back it was caused
because I was high and I didn't think
about it do you have to seek help and
you have to want that help if if you
don't truly want in your heart to quit
you're not going to but if you do you
have to seek help you can't do it on
your own I don't care who you are how
strong you think you are you can't quit
on your own no family support is that's
the main importance having your family
to lift you up and to help you show you
that you can make it and that they still
love you and wants you back in the
family and they do I mean they may be
mad at you and hate you one minute but
they don't really hate you they love you
they just want you to be the way you
were before that happened
but you have to have professional help
in my opinion no matter how bad you want
to you can't really quit drugs are the
destroyer of lives they will take away
your family they take away your
possessions they take away everything
that you'll ever have you have to want
help and you have to get help to quit
and something will happen that makes you
quit if you don't at some point in your
life you have to step up to the plate
and take responsibility for your actions
and get help if you're affected by
substance abuse and your employer has a
substance abuse program then step up and
get help for other assistance you can
call the national substance abuse
hotline at
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