Baseball in the Polymeropoulos family is our life. We spend the majority of our year engrossed in my 17-year-old son’s fledgling career, playing across the country in travel tournaments, and helping his high school baseball team with volunteer work. The travel is relentless, and sometimes it rains.
I also have a real job or had one, until my recent retirement. I worked for 26 years in national security and have spent some time in CIA. This professional journey spurred my thinking about the parallels between our baseball life and work at the Agency.
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