Over the past few weeks, Ken Grams tried hard to distract himself from what was coming. However, there was a problem: everyone wanted to talk about it.
"People have been so nice to me, and they would ask me, ‘How many more you got to go?’ Which is wonderful," said Grams, the head softball coach at Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village."But by the same token, I’d have rather they ask me 'What’d you have for breakfast today?’"
By this past Saturday, with Grams sitting on 999 wins, the Elk Grove softball players could feel his anxiety. "He was pacing around the dugout," stated Ava Engwall, senior outfielder."He was talking under his breath. It was a lot that day." Stay informed during the severe weather season with our local news and weather app. Get the NBC 5 Chicago app for
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