Gelintiisa gaarka ah, Steve Comer ma ahayn weel ka xoog badan, oo olol tuuraya. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, wuxuu xaqiiqdii la kulmay guulo badan isagoo afar sano ah u bilaabay Jaamacadda Minnesota iyo lix sano, 44-ku guuleysi xirfadeed ee Kubadda Koleyga ee Major League Baseball (MLB).
"Mar walba waan ka mahadcelin jiray sannadihii aan ku jiray weel ahaan," ayuu yidhi, "taasina waa sababta oo ah waxaan dareemay in aan ka badiyay."
Guud ahaan ama maya, Comer wuxuu xaqiiqdii ka dhigay inta ugu badan ee uu karti u leeyahay inuu noqdo Gophers-ka waqtiga oo dhan ku guulaysta, oo leh 30, iyo isku-dubarid saddex xilli oo wanaagsan Texas Rangers, oo ay ku jiraan rikoor 17-12 ee 1979.
Waxa uu ka maqan yahay xawaaraha xad dhaafka ah, Comer wuxuu ku sameeyay kubad degdeg ah oo si wanaagsan loo xakameeyay ee mph sare ee 80, walxo qallafsan, isbeddel adag, iyo habdhaqan shaqo oo xooggan.
"Dad badan ayaa yiraahda marka lagu daro tayada, waxaad u baahan tahay nasiib badan si aad uga mid noqoto horyaalada waaweyn," ayuu yiri Comer, oo sidoo kale ahaa ciyaaryahankii kubbadda koleyga ee Minnetonka. "
In kasta oo taasi run tahay, aabbahay, Ken, wuxuu had iyo jeer i baray aniga iyo walaalahay farriinta diyaarinta, filashada iyo fulinta." Si kale haddii loo dhigo, diyaar u noqo inaad ka faa'iidaysato fursad kasta.
Tusaalaha ugu muhiimsan wuxuu ahaa markii Comer, oo ka soo baxay MHS, uu isku dayay koox kuleej ah oo xagaaga ah oo uu maamulo U of M's Dick Seibert. Isagoo garwaaqsaday in fursadahiisa ay aad u yaraayeen si uu uga dhigo meel gaaban - booskiisa caadiga ah - Comer wuxuu si dhakhso ah u doortay inuu isku dayo sidii mashqul ahaan.
"Ma aanan samayn wax qurux badan - kaliya waxaan tuuray shaqo joojin," ayuu dib u xusuustay. Kaliya ma uusan sameynin kooxda laakiin, ka dib markii uu si fiican u soo bandhigay xagaagaas, waxaa qoray Gophers.
In kasta oo uusan ku jirin wax sheegasho ah qabyo-qoraalka kubbadda koleyga, Comer waxaa soo qaaday Rangers. Isaga oo ka faa’iidaysanaya fursada mar kale, waxa uu si fiican uga dhex muuqday horyaalada yaryar oo uu horyaalka weyn ka dhigay dhawr xilli ciyaareed gudahood.
Dhaawacyo ayaa keenay in Comer uu ka fadhiisto ugu dambayn, in kasta oo uu isku dayay tababarida horyaalka yar. Waxa uu tababare u ahaa kooxda Twins AA ee Minnesota markii isaga iyo xaaskiisa, Kathy, ay go'aansadeen in ay ka tanaasulaan nolosha qoys baseball reer miyi ah oo ay dib ugu noqdaan Degmada Minnetonka.
Wax yar ka dib, Comer wuxuu isku helay barnaamijka kubbadda koleyga ee Skippers. Muddadii shanta sano ahayd ee uu kaaliyaha u ahaa madaxa tababaraha iyo saaxiibkii Mark McKenzie, Skippers waxay sameeyeen afar ciyaarood oo tartan dawladeed ah. "Waxaan dhihi lahaa ku noqoshada macalinka Minnetonka waxay ahayd mid ku qanacsan sidii sannadihii aan ku jiray takhasuska," Comer ayaa yidhi.