Here's to baseball dads!

Yes! happy Father's Day 

Without you guys, we might not have become "baseballmom" s. 

Happy Father's Day!

@baseballmom posted:

 

Without you guys, we might not have become "baseballmom" s. 

So true.   My wife knew very little about baseball.   By the time our son finished playing college ball (he started in LL at age 8) she became well versed in the game. 

Happy Father's Day! 

Hoping that all of the Dads of the HSBBW had a great day!

My wife knew nothing about baseball before son started playing.  I will be the first to admit, I was a workaholic back in those days.  When son was 5/6 years old, I never attended practice.  Wife used to take him to practice and "warm him up".  Thank God social media was not around back then.  One day she got on my case about not being there (I did make every game though).  Then she said what's wrong with this picture, every dad is out there with their son playing catch, and she is the ONLY mom.  I changed my work schedule, and every day I am thankful since it's such a short ride (even now). 

My wife is slowly learning baseball...she really is a trooper.  During the quarantine while I was away at work she did front toss drills with the oldest and bravely overcame the fear and trusted the screen. She even tossed him a few balls that he could hit. Her baseball knowledge is still on par with my 6 year old niece but I expect a huge jump this season. To be fair, I tried gardening with her and I am sure she wanted to cutoff one of my thumbs after 10 minutes.

@Trust In Him posted:

My wife knew nothing about baseball before son started playing.  I will be the first to admit, I was a workaholic back in those days.  When son was 5/6 years old, I never attended practice.  Wife used to take him to practice and "warm him up".  Thank God social media was not around back then.  One day she got on my case about not being there (I did make every game though).  Then she said what's wrong with this picture, every dad is out there with their son playing catch, and she is the ONLY mom.  I changed my work schedule, and every day I am thankful since it's such a short ride (even now). 

Yeah, my wife was the one to ferry our son to his practices (until he got his license and a car).  I would get to practice (travel team) about halfway through.   Made every game from travel, Little League, Legion, and HS.   When he went to college we were only able to attend his games about once a month (250 miles one way to the college).