Ian Kadish

My name is Ian Kadish and I recently graduated from Marshall University with a degree in Business Management and minors in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have three younger brothers, Kendall, Max, and Cooper. I have played baseball my entire life and am lucky enough to have the opportunity to continue playing for the Toronto Blue Jays.



I want to thank my Mom and Dad for everything they have ever done to further my baseball career. They have gone through a tremendous amount of work to make sure I am happy and I couldn't thank them enough! I love you guys.

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving

I had the opportunity to go home for a week for Thanksgiving to spend the week with my family.  It felt really good to be home and I wish I could have spent more time at home, but I had to be back Friday morning for Black Friday (I had to work it).

My family had Thanksgiving at our house this year.  My mom's side of the family came over and spent Thanksgiving with us.  My mom made so much food (all of it was amazing), we had enough leftovers to have another whole Thanksgiving dinner!  It was good to see everybody and it was a very good holiday.  I am thankful for so much, the list goes on and on, and I wouldn't want to give it up for the world.  I have came to realize the older I get, the more I look forward to going home.  I think it's funny because when I was younger, I looked forward to leaving the house.  It has come full circle and I loved being home, spending time with my family!

Black Friday, on the other hand, I dreaded working it.  Thankfully, I did not have to work at 4 am or those early hours and only had to go in at 2 - 8 pm.  I got lucky because I just missed the Black Friday rush.  Don't get me wrong, it was really busy when I was there, but it wasn't so busy that it was out of control.  I heard that earlier in the day the lines stretched all the way to the far back corner of the store!

I hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!  December is coming up and you know what that means...Baseball is right around the corner!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day and I want to take a moment to thank all the men and women that have served this country.  This country would not be where it is today without them and they are the reason we have the freedom we have.  Both men and women have sacrificed their lives for this country and there is no greater thing you can do for your country than serve in the military.

It also puts into perspective how lucky we are as a country.  I, myself, am extremely lucky and I couldn't be  more thankful.  I am able to live out my childhood dream of playing baseball and one day hope to make the dream come true and play in the big leagues.  I am also lucky enough to have a college degree that not everybody is able to receive.  This will be with me forever and nobody will be able to take it away from me.  I am truly thankful for everything and everybody I have in my life.  I am thankful for have loving parents and 3 awesome younger brothers.  I wouldn't change it for the world.

Everybody knows a person that has served or is serving this country in one way or another.  They have touched millions of people's lives and we should all be very thankful for them.  If there is a veteran reading this or somebody that is serving us right now, I want to personally thank you for everything you have done for this country.  We all really appreciate it and we would not be where we are today without you guys!

Proud Big Brother...

I want to dedicate this post to my little brother, Max.  Earlier this week he committed to Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina to play baseball next year!  About a month ago, he and I took a trip to Furman for a visit/showcase.  We were both hoping he would be offered the chance to play there because he liked it down there and so did I!  Furman is a beautiful school, in a great city, with unbelievable academics.  The baseball team plays a good schedule as well.

I didn't need to see anything from my brother as far as his baseball skills go because I already knew that he had the talent to play at the Division I level; I have been saying it all along.  Watching him play in the showcase just proved my point even more that he could play and excel at the Division I level.  He was hands down the best one there.  He may not have been the fastest or the tallest, but he was the smoothest in the infield, had the strongest arm out of anybody in any position, had the best range in the infield and had the best look as far as looking like a baseball player goes.  He also looked the strongest out of anybody there (I won't lie, he is BIG).  Just by watching, you could tell he was a cut above the others.  All this was also the morning after he had just finished playing a football on Friday night!  

I couldn't be any happier for him because I know how much he wanted to play and how much he wanted the chance to play at the next level.  He has put in a tremendous amount of work and dedication to getting better and you can tell just by looking at him.  He has transformed his body from small and wiry, to muscular and cut.  I'll give it to him, he looks really good.

I know my entire family is proud of him and I know he is ecstatic to have the chance to play at the next level.  I am definitely a proud big brother and I can't wait to be able to watch him play at the collegiate level.