Column: From Son To Father

Thirty years since his last prep game as coach, Sam Rick takes Palatka job

  • Sam Rick has taken over from his son as Palatka Junior-Senior High School baseball coach. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Sam Rick has taken over from his son as Palatka Junior-Senior High School baseball coach. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
Normally, a father passes a sports team he coaches down to his son. It’s not the other way around. Yet on this warm Friday afternoon, Sam Rick, who just turned 69 this month, was overseeing the…

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