(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars) If you want to find out if someone has been working in sports for a while you can usually tell if they have an unusual amount of lanyards. It’s funny to remember that a person usually has to pay to commemorate their visit to a ballpark or an event with a little trinket for their keys or various ID badges.  But if you know someone who has worked in sports, more often than not, we’re drowning in them. Drawers literally overflowing with lanyards, passes, IDs from places that a lot of fans only get to visit maybe once or twice a year.  If you look at my backpack you will still see a checked bag tag from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta that has somehow managed to not break since 2018.  That was from my year in Major League Soccer when I got to stand on the field at the Yankee Stadium, enjoy the press box fare in Montreal, and spend a night in the fabulous city of Columbus, Ohio.  Hanging off my backpack on every stop of my tour was my...