There was a time “back when” kids grew up not playing on pristine baseball fields or playing at top-level summer teams, as there was a time when kids – now adults of a certain age – played baseball on their neighborhood sandlots, playing because they loved baseball. Now, Whiteoak head coach Chris Veidt has gone from the small-town sandlots in the 1970s to being selected to the 2024 class of the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.