‘I don’t know’: Lasting lessons from Mr. Batchelor

Memories left for my kids
  • ‘I don’t know’: Lasting lessons from Mr. Batchelor
    ‘I don’t know’: Lasting lessons from Mr. Batchelor
  • A freshman at Wellington High School in 1950, Jim Leggitt’s baseball coach taught him, in the classroom, to listen to the question and think seriously before he gave up without any attempt to understand what is really being asked. Photo Courtesy of Collingsworth Public Library Digital Archives
    A freshman at Wellington High School in 1950, Jim Leggitt’s baseball coach taught him, in the classroom, to listen to the question and think seriously before he gave up without any attempt to understand what is really being asked. Photo Courtesy of Collingsworth Public Library Digital Archives

    I was playing second base during my freshman year at Wellington High School. It looked like I had a good chance to make the varsity squad the following year. I really liked Coach James Batchelor. He was tough, fair and not reluctant to profess his Christian faith. I remember an occasion when a wild pitched ball hit me square in the chest. His comment was “Leggitt, don’t rub it, and you will have r…