A little culture for the HSBBWEB family

Doughnutman1,000+ posts

My daughters elementary school had a poetry contest last month and we spent this evening listening to the poetry. My daughter recieved 2nd place with this one. A little background, Victory Lane is a set of ballfields that she has gone to many times for her brother.

Victory Lane

Sunflower seeds spit on the ground

Dirt fluttering through the air

Coaches yelling "Back!"

Funny Moms telling stories from their work

Hotdogs, pretzels, and nachos

Salty, brown peanuts

The tart flavors of Sour Skittles

The buttery salt of popcorn

Ice cold metal bleachers

The baseball field

Where I belong

Dang, I am gonna have to do something very nice for this little girl.

2/11/0910:50 PM

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4genball10+ posts

I know I'm a little obsessed with the game but.....that may be the best poem I've ever read.

Tell your daughter "thank you" for capturing 45 years of memories and putting them in writing. I will print it and frame it for my office. That's awesome!

I could almost feel the sun and smell pine tar.

2/11/0911:10 PM

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CaBB1,000+ posts

Loved reading this poem. It brought back the Little League memories from so many years at the field. Really captured so many great memories. Tell your daughter she did a great job (and it should have been 1st place!)

2/11/0911:29 PM

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infidel_081,000+ posts

I'm no poetry fan, but that's good stuff.

Thanks for sharing.

2/12/0912:00 AM

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Orlando1,000+ posts

She's got First Place here! Thanks for letting us read her work; she captured the essence of the moment.

2/12/0912:03 AM

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iheartbb1,000+ posts

Very sweet!

2/12/0912:24 AM

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MN-MomHSBaseballWeb Owner

That's excellent! Tell your daughter she did a great job, and is now an honorary member of the HS Baseball Web.

That's a blue ribbon and a flower combined, for your daughter.

Julie

2/12/0912:27 AM

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fillsfan1,000+ posts

Sounds like you might have created a lifelong baseball fan and a poet. Great stuff!!

2/12/096:17 AM

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gotwood4sale10,000+ posts

My only advice? Watch her intake of sodium!

Great poem! We look forward to more...please share Doughnutman!

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2/12/097:45 AM

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trojan-skipper1,000+ posts

Awesome!

2/12/097:50 AM

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tigercub10+ posts

Tell your daughter thanks for making my day. Make me want to go back in time and do LL over again.

2/12/098:09 AM

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FungoHighly Regarded and Beloved Old Timer

2/12/098:10 AM

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ClevelandDadHSBBWeb Administrator

I can't believe this wasn't the winning poem!

An instant classic

2/12/098:37 AM

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L8 Breaking100+ posts

that was (sniffle, sniffle).....beautiful!!!

1st place in my book, for sure....

2/12/0910:29 AM

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TRhit10,000+ posts

Darn it !!!!

people are crying here like on IDOL---is this the new thing--to cry---even before one knows if they are eliminated from competition or not---I am talking male and female---for me crying is reserved for family funerals and sometimes not even there---not knocking those that do--just trying to understand it--when my parents passed we didn't cry--we were happy for them that they were at peace--but perhaps that is just me and my family

Why was Tejada crying yesterday?

2/12/094:00 PM

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PGStaff10,000+ posts

Doughnutman,

I just got around to reading the poem.

Give that girl a big hug! That was outstanding.

2/12/095:10 PM

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TPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003

Way to go, she knows and understands it all. Good for her, and congrats for 2nd place.

2/12/095:39 PM

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Dad045,000+ posts

A+ and she is exempt from mid-terms and finals....to go to Victory Lane.

2/12/096:09 PM

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Glove Man1,000+ posts

That was great doughnutman. She is wise in the ways of the force.

What is that?..... is that rain?... again?

2/12/098:27 PM

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threeboysdad100+ posts

2/12/098:37 PM

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Doughnutman1,000+ posts

Thank you everyone. I just let my daughter read the comments and she is dancing around the house. I have already started an investigation about the 2nd place finish. I think the judges are either s****r fans or maybe Daddyball is involved.

Once again, thanks for the kind words. It really made her day.

2/12/0910:21 PM

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TPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003

About time some of our daughters got some attention around here!

2/12/0910:27 PM

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K Complex100+ posts

great job by your daughter!

She captured it so well that now it is even more difficult waiting for the season to rev up and start!

Congrats DONUTDAUGHTER?

2/12/0910:34 PM

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2Bmom1,000+ posts

Wow, D-man. That is awesome. 2B had an assignment to write an essay for NPR's "This I Believe," and he based it on A-Rod's quote, "Enjoy your sweat, because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you don't have a chance."

It's still a good quote, but rings kind of hollow these days. Your daughter's poem made me feel great. Please tell her that it ROCKS! And tell her thanks! To quote the Godfather of Soul, I'm off to a ball game, and "I feel good!"

2/13/091:34 PM

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