LOOKING ON — Fred Heatherington coaches third base during a game this past season. He retired after 36 years as Big Red’s coach following the season. - Andrew Grimm

Time is a funny thing. It feels like it’s flying by sometimes, this summer perhaps more than ever. It feels like just last week we were gathered around baseball diamonds across the Valley, but here we are, the summer is almost over and just like that we are in August. Eight weeks has, in a lot of ways, felt like one, and vice versa.

As much as short amount of times can seem to move at varying speeds, so can years.

Eight years sure can feel like a long time in some cases, too. Then again, sometimes it feels like no time at all.

Eight years is how long I have worked for the Herald-Star/Daily Times, which has involved four dif

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