Coming to HSBBW so long ago, I had to look at my profile to remember how I found this amazing and exceptional place. Back in ought-six I found a link on my son's summer team's website. For me, it was a godsend.
A few years earlier, son's mom and I divorced and he eventually didn't want to see me. I was crushed. I had always been there to satisfy his immense baseball desires. In '04 I took a job that took me overseas for the next eight years. I found HSBBW and I could vicariously live the experiences of parents of serious and not-so-serious baseball players. About a year in, I was able to meet a couple of HSBBW parents and the incredible PGSTAFF at a major event. It was great fun for all.
Then after one of a group of HSBBW ladies mistook my alter-ID, Infidel08 for a legitimate ID, Infield08, I was invited to join TPM, MN-Mom, the recently resurrected PlayBaseball, a couple others and FutureBackMom. I was in a rather austere environment and this group and this site filled many many hours with baseball and life. Sadly, FutureBackMom succumbed to a quickly developing cancer in the middle of this.
To me this site is so much more than just a forum.