Jeremy Guthrie

It was slower, actually.

Right when I retired in 2017, my wife and family and I were asked to go be missionaries for our church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

And so unexpectedly, we uprooted our family from Oregon, where I had retired to,

and found ourselves in Houston, Texas.

And we were there for three years.

And we did missionary work nonstop, working with over 150 18 to 24 year olds and helping them learn and live the gospel and be courageous enough to share it.

And that was a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job for three straight days.

So I made it to a couple of baseball games with my sons to go to the Astros, but I probably watched fewer than five games on TV.

Business custom cleats.

I was already a part owner of it, but I had to tell my partner at that time I didn't have the bandwidth or the availability to work with him beyond a few things, a few responsibilities.

And so...

you know, that was a, that was a, I started that about a year after I retired and that was three additional years.

So for four years, my transition was very much, um, dedicated to, to our faith and, and, uh, in missionary service before we returned in 2021.

No, actually, I didn't.

I would say the only thing I really knew I enjoyed doing was traveling the world and teaching baseball and meeting baseball players, young and old, wherever they are.

And so that was one thing I jumped right back into.

I made a couple of trips to Bulgaria.

And previous to that, I'd been to China, been to Japan, been to Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Cuba, Brazil, had been to all these incredible places where baseball is played.

So that's probably the first thing that was on my mind, but then the opportunity to purchase custom cleats outright was presented to me.

And so I did that.