Grandfather Randy Long, 72, found a bucket of old baseballs while cleaning out his garage. Moved by the memories of pitching for his son and grandson, Long decided the time had come to give the baseballs a new lease on life. “We’d just go out and throw and they’d hit in that batting cage and I’d get behind the screen and dodge them, and it was just hours on hours,” Long, of Montgomery, Alabama, told WSFA. Long took his bucket of baseballs to his local batting cage and left it there, labeled “Free,” with a heartfelt note attached. “My son is now 46 [years old] and my grandson is 23 [years old],” he wrote. “I am 72 and what I won’t give to pitch a couple of buckets to them.” Both his son and grandson, Long said, had moved away. “If you are a father, cherish these times. You won’t believe how quickly …