Three years ago, spring came, but it did not bring Mason Lord to a baseball field at Lambert High School like he had always thought it would. The previous fall, when the Longhorns began baseball activities as a precursor to tryouts, Lord found himself going through the two-a-day practices with disinterest. A quiet notion had been building in him for some time, but now he was sure: he didn’t want to play baseball anymore.
THE GRIND: Lambert's Lord sees 'no limit' in pole vault
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