Kenneth
Thanks. That’s a very nice article. The tournament was very nice this year. We talk to the kids about valuing every day and how important God should be in their lives. We use Brian as an example of living life the right way. Thank you for allowing me and our teams the opportunity to learn about Brian.
Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do.
Kenneth,
Just a quick note…1st of all, it was a wonderful tournament. This was my son’s 2nd straight year playing in it and we hope to play in it for many more years. God bless you, your family, and most of all Brian!
Once again, great tournament and we hope to see you next year!!!!
Mr. Crawford, we have never met, but I have told both of my sons about Brian’s story. We are really excited to play this weekend and help honor your son’s memory. I think that you have found an incredible way to keep his memory alive. By the way, my youngest son plays for the OK Heat 7U and he wears #13. May God bless you and your family on this difficult day. I hope to have the opportunity to meet you and shake your hand this weekend.
Kenneth-
I hope the tournament was a success for you. I thought your tournament was ran well and good quality umpires. We really enjoyed coming down and playing.
Let me know when the event will be next year and where you will have it. I might also bring down my other sons team.
Thanks,
Lance Dougan
5 Star Rating!!!
Emily Mae Hill
Wanted to tell you that I shared your son’s story to my 15 year old daughter and her friends this weekend. She is s sweet girl who is deeply spiritual. We went to lunch Saturday and I wanted to share with her how his life, and legacy had shared God’s word to so many people even today, six years after his passing, even here in Memphis, as we talk of a boy who wrote a scripture in all of his baseball caps. I shared the link to his Memorial Tournament and, of course, my daughter has put in her request for some bracelets from the website, which I will do this week. I also spoke to my Sunday school class (2nd Grade Girls) about his story. I just want you to know that I really do believe that God, however hard to understand, has a reason for everything. Your son’s story, his goodness, his faith and devotion is a story I’m sure has been told to thousands and thousands of people over the years through your baseball tournament and all the others his life has touched. And how amazing that his story reaches out across the miles so I can share it now.
Anyway, I get teary thinking about how a young man with a sharpie and a baseball cap continues to spread God’s Word, and how so many in the world will fall so short in our long lives of what he did in his small gestures of faith…
I’ll send you proofs sometime tomorrow.
Goodnight!
Lisa
Kenneth,
This is our second year to play. We have changed teams but we talked our current team into playing. Last year I read Brian’s story to my then 8y/o son. He was so touched that he now writes “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” in all his caps. This year is his first year to pitch, when he gets in trouble he steps off the mound and looks in the bill of his cap and believes.
“I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me
We had a blast…got our rears kicked but the kids got to see how good teams play, became closer as a team (between games hanging out) and loved the playing in a different environment. We have already decided this is the tournament we will always play in if at all possible (we may be the token win for all the other teams, but will gladly accept that role if it happens).
Hey my name is Steven and we play for the Oklahoma Bulldogs. We have only been playing for 2 years now so I’m new to the scene. We are playing this weekend for the Brian Crawford Memorial this weekend. My question is how can i find out more information about Brian and what happen to him. I would really like for our kids to appreciate the tournament we are playing in this weekend and the reasoning behind it, Thanks for all the help and Info.
I could not have asked to play in a better tournament. The effort put into this tournament to make it unbelievably awesome has left me speechless. This is the 2nd year we have played in the Brian Crawford Memorial and it will not be the last. Thank you for putting all of your heart and sole into making it special for all those children. Thank you for sharing the love you have for your son. It has influence so many people and children is such an amazing way. You and your family are wonderful people and have given my family so much more than you realize.
Tristin’ s Mom
