The boys and I were headed to the gym (it's monsoon season here so being inside is necessary!) to throw, and lo and behold......can't find the catcher's gear, mitt, bucket of 4-dozen balls, and the Strike Zone screen we hang between some poles. Well over $500 worth of stuff.....gone? Did someone steal it out of the van? Did we leave it sitting in the parking space behind the van (waiting to be put in) and drive away? NO idea where this stuff is or what happened to it. Major bummer, with some sentimental value attached.
Also, about eight years ago, my son borrowed my A2000 - (one I bought in Prescott, Arizona when I was 16, as my mom and I dropped my older brother off at Yavapai JC to play ball) - when he was 9 or 10, and then left it at the field -- gone! My 23 year old glove -- one that had been with me through high school, college, all my years playing rec softball in Santa Barbara, the glove old girlfriends had worn, my friends borrowed, had traveled from Arizona to Michigan to Washington to Georgia, to California, to Pennsylvania, and finally to Korea......and son borrows it just ONCE and loses it!!
The loss/theft of baseball gear always pierces my heart for some reason....I attach almost mystical significance to these objects (especially that glove of mine)......
What special baseball items have you lost?
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