Before TV Baseball was what kids did after school and on the weekends and during the summer...etc. It was literally how America passed the time (taken from Wiki).
Unlike my co-blogger I love baseball. I have three sports I watch for enjoyment; baseball, basketball and hockey (must be live). I don't love baseball season in East Idaho. Yes Liza it is windy, it rains, it sleets and it may even full on snow but I love it. I don't know why I just do. I have a very young and very small memory of my parents playing on a co-ed team when I was extremely little, maybe 5 or 6. Their uniforms were that thick polyester material and baby blue. My mom's mitt had "Kump" written on it in black sharpie. That is it, that is all I remember. I have asked my dad about this time and he says my mom didn't play but he has done too many drugs to really remember the actual truth. A lot of his stories are embellished or "fishy."
My oldest plays travel ball...lots of money to play but lots of experience with good knowledgeable coaches. This is our second year and he really enjoys it so that means I enjoy it. Now he also enjoys football, me not at all. I really do tolerate it tho because he does and my second son does now too. I don't enjoy all the running back and forth and practices and how it cuts my summer short but I keep this thought in the back of my mind" I will miss these days sometime very soon."
Oh Sarah - I love all your reasons for loving it. That *almost* makes me want to sit in the stands with you, huddled under a blanket, cupping a hot cocoa and wondering how June 15th looks and feels like this.
ReplyDeleteI'll come hang out with you and cheer on your sweet boys. We can wear our Killer Bees shirts and I'll even buy the hot dogs.
I love you. Thanks for sharing such a sweet story. I always love hearing about your mom. <3