Having just turned 29 and still in his prime years as an athlete, Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Ronnie Dawson is trying his best to stay in the moment while not letting himself look too far down the road.
Dawson used to stress himself out worrying about the future, but he has since learned how to “take everything as it is, one step at a time.”
The new mindset comes from the comforting knowledge that, if nothing else, he will have his family after his baseball career is over — whether here in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) or back in his native United States.
“I have no clue what’s going to happen after baseball, but I know I’m going to be a dad,” Dawson said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on 스포츠 Tuesday, before his Heroes hosted the NC Dinos at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. “I want to be with my family. I want to be with my son. I’m going to be a fun dad.”
Dawson is the proud father of Remington, who was born in 2022 and is not old enough to know what his dad is doing for a living. But Remington apparently took a keen interest in the Heroes’ game Sunday when his dad hit a home run to celebrate his 29th birthday.
Dawson said he had homered on his birthdays before in his career, but to do it in front of his wife and son made Sunday extra special.