As I sat and watched the news last night, they led with a story about the Cool Kids Campaign and how the CKC lost one of their own. At that moment I had that awful feeling that I was going to be hearing terrible news and I was right....
I saw the face of a friend and began remembering the life he led, followed by a few tears. I met Rob at Towson State on the baseball field in the late 80's, and what I had the pleasure of seeing was the slickest fielding shortstop I had ever laid eyes on, he was smooth....just like his dad. A friendship grew, pitchers always like the good fielders as it makes us look better, and I found out that besides being a darn good baseball player, Rob was a hell of a musician. Burst of Silence gigs quickly became the part of every weekend at Max's and Padonia Station, to name a few places. Rob was "cool to the core," but I don't think he ever knew that. He was just Rob, a genuinely nice guy who cared about everybody.
He liked to make people happy, whether that was a pitcher who he had just saved again with an incredible play, or the audience at one of his shows. We are all better for knowing Rob and he will be missed, rest well my friend.
