I wonder how many people love BB just because their son plays. Many people once their son is out of BB stop watching and really only enjoyed watching their son.
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I grew up with the Braves, back when they lost 100 games a year, and had a poster of Hank Aaron on my wall instead of the latest teen heartthrob! I'm just lucky my son loves the game, too. 
I have loved baseball since I was a young girl and I cannot forsee any reason why that would change. However I do feel very fortunate that my son plays a sport that I love.
Last night everyone else was in the living room watching football and I was in the bedroom alone watching the Yankees or should I say the Spankees as my husband calls them.
Last night everyone else was in the living room watching football and I was in the bedroom alone watching the Yankees or should I say the Spankees as my husband calls them.
I played organized baseball(Hobbs stuff) until 4 years ago. Gave it up to start summer travel with my son. If he wanted to start earlier, I would have quit earlier. If he chose a different path at the time, I would probably still be playing, coaching, and going to more Pro games.(and much more golf)
I was into it, still am into it, and will remain into it, just for different reasons along the way.
If I told you I sometimes have one of my baseball gloves on while watching a TV game, would you believe me?
Heck, I even coached ladies teams for my wife and her softball friends, and played co-ed softball with her.
I was into it, still am into it, and will remain into it, just for different reasons along the way.
If I told you I sometimes have one of my baseball gloves on while watching a TV game, would you believe me?
Heck, I even coached ladies teams for my wife and her softball friends, and played co-ed softball with her.
When I was in my 20's, I hated watching baseball. Thought it was so boring. In my 30's, I enjoyed watching my son play little league, but that was about it. Now, in my 40's, I can hardly get enough! When I see anyone on any level make an awesome play, it is really exciting. Oddly, I am one "chick" who doesn't dig the long ball. Mostly, I like watching great defense and seeing tremendous throws.
quote:Originally posted by Infield08:
Mostly, I like watching great defense and seeing tremendous throws.
Infield08...you're a woman after my own heart!
My mom used to watch Baseball all the time. Her much older brothers played pro/semipro in the 1930s until WII. She learned how to do math by reading the game summary and doing BA and ERAs etc in her head! They lived close to fields where these teams played and in my imagination I see a group of scruffy dirty poor barefooted kids (Little Rascals) cheering on the local team but looking through the fence. How I wish she could watch her grandson play!
Used to watch the Braves in the 80s too. Have to be honest, the announcers made those games worth it a lot of times.
How I wish she could watch her grandson play!Used to watch the Braves in the 80s too. Have to be honest, the announcers made those games worth it a lot of times.
quote:Used to watch the Braves in the 80s too. Have to be honest, the announcers made those games worth it a lot of times
I sure miss the voice of Ernie Johnson, Sr.
I grew up in the Bay Area -- a barely interested Giants "fan". It wasn't until I had been strongly encouraged by my husband to attend a minor league game, in the town we'd recently moved to, that I fell in love with the game. We'd take our two baby girls to the ballpark often. And being a stay-at-home mom, I welcomed the times I'd go alone. My son, the youngest, grew up (literally--in utero, through babyhood, and on!) at the Ems games. He is the one who got it from me! I don't know what I'd have done if he loved s****r. When my son is done with the game, I'm sure I'll still be at the ballpark, scorebook in my lap.
Ever gotten goosebumps after witnessing a dynamic double play? I get the same kind standing at attention when the national anthem is played. Call me Goofey! 
We here in Michigan miss the voice of Ernie Harwell. He still does some cameo broadcasts, he did 3 this year on tv. My wife loves baseball cause her husband and 2 boys play, she's got a pretty good handle on how the game is supposed to be played.Baseball is in our family to stay with or without her husband or boys playing.
Like Auntie Em, my son plays because I (and my Father before me) love baseball. Giving birth to a son in a country where he was more likely to play footie or cricket (horrors!) than baseball was killing me.
But baseball found a way....
2B, my displayed picture was of Lou Brock
Infield08, you're a woman after my heart, too (not that that's weird) Nothing prettier than a DP (OK, maybe a well-executed hit and run....or squeeze...or pickoff....or running OF catch...or play at the plate...or leaping grab of a screaming LD...
There have been some wondrous announcers --- when Jack Buck and Harry Carey were together, even rain delays were fun!
But baseball found a way....
2B, my displayed picture was of Lou Brock
Infield08, you're a woman after my heart, too (not that that's weird
) Nothing prettier than a DP (OK, maybe a well-executed hit and run....or squeeze...or pickoff....or running OF catch...or play at the plate...or leaping grab of a screaming LD...There have been some wondrous announcers --- when Jack Buck and Harry Carey were together, even rain delays were fun!
I grew up during the Mickey Mantle glory days pulling for the Yankees. I always wanted to play but was never very good. Got away from it during college when I went nuts over college basketball and NFL football. Then my son started playing baseball and I found it again. Now he is away at college and I still watch as often as I can, Pro or college. I still watch football from time to time and the occassion college basketball game but they just don't seem to have the same draw any more.
quote:Originally posted by Michael'sDad:
I still watch football from time to time and the occassion college basketball game but they just don't seem to have the same draw any more.
Hey! We're trying!
I been involved with baseball someway All of my life, I guess I like it 
Now that my boys have been playing for years my wife
is a huge fan. Watching the kids, the Pros and everything in between. The kids got her started, but now a fan forever. She especially likes AAA ball.
Now that my boys have been playing for years my wife
is a huge fan. Watching the kids, the Pros and everything in between. The kids got her started, but now a fan forever. She especially likes AAA ball.
Oh yeah. Defense is what gets my heart pumping! I am not a fan of the long-ball. Give me good D, a clever manager, and some lightening speed on the bases!
I have often wished that it was me, not my clutzy older brothers, who got to play LL. I think I would have been pretty good!
Not a thing to base that opinion on -- just my rabid Love of The Game. I promised myself, a few years ago, I'd learn to throw a slider by the time I reached 40. Well....I'm 47 and I'm not sure I could get a batting practice "pitch" anywhere near the plate now. I don't think there's a slider in my future. (though I do have a cat by that name)
I have often wished that it was me, not my clutzy older brothers, who got to play LL. I think I would have been pretty good!
Not a thing to base that opinion on -- just my rabid Love of The Game. I promised myself, a few years ago, I'd learn to throw a slider by the time I reached 40. Well....I'm 47 and I'm not sure I could get a batting practice "pitch" anywhere near the plate now. I don't think there's a slider in my future. (though I do have a cat by that name)quote:Originally posted by emeraldvlly:
I don't think there's a slider in my future.
Don't you be so sure Auntie Em.
They'll be in Oregon soon enough!
What IS that thing Woodie?!
I haven't had one of those in a long time.
always a huge fan, found the game w/ a few of my friends growing up and that was it, hooked for life !
quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:quote:Originally posted by emeraldvlly:
I don't think there's a slider in my future.
Don't you be so sure Auntie Em.
They'll be in Oregon soon enough!
Ya know, everytime I drive by a White Castle I recognize the smell. I fear that I have eaten a few of those back in the day, but I just can't remember any details.
TD, Where did you get that pic. I thought I burnt them all. 
Ewww! Mommy that man smells bad...like chopped onions...and Blatz.
I did my first coaching out of college. The local BR program didn't allow daddyball. They went after ex college baseball players going through baseball withdrawal for head coaches.
As my career progressed I started traveling and couldn't coach. Every week I went to a game somewhere. If I wasn't in a major city I went to minor league games (before it was cool).
I started coaching softball when my daughter was seven and baseball five years later when my son was seven. I would defintely coach again after my son leaves home. I'd like to teach LL minors, teach proper mechanics and teach parents youth ball is about learning and having fun, not life and death.
As for comparing baseball to other sports, I'd rather watch football, coach a basketball game and teach how to play baseball.
However, put the Red Sox in the post season and all other preferences are off. Being a Red Sox fan isn't a sport, it's a religion. When the Sox won the World Series I started crying my father wasn't around to see it and share it with him.
Now here's a sport I won't watch again when my son is done playing .... psst .... starts with S. I love watching him play goal but I can do without the game even though I understand it. Now the varsity coach is telling me there's potential to play at the next level. It won't happen over baseball.
I'll probably still watch high level softball (WCWS, Team USA) on TV, but doubt I would make the effort to attend a game.
Aside from the thrill of watching my son play and coaching his age group, it's brought back so many memories from when I played I hadn't thought about for years.
As my career progressed I started traveling and couldn't coach. Every week I went to a game somewhere. If I wasn't in a major city I went to minor league games (before it was cool).
I started coaching softball when my daughter was seven and baseball five years later when my son was seven. I would defintely coach again after my son leaves home. I'd like to teach LL minors, teach proper mechanics and teach parents youth ball is about learning and having fun, not life and death.
As for comparing baseball to other sports, I'd rather watch football, coach a basketball game and teach how to play baseball.
However, put the Red Sox in the post season and all other preferences are off. Being a Red Sox fan isn't a sport, it's a religion. When the Sox won the World Series I started crying my father wasn't around to see it and share it with him.
Now here's a sport I won't watch again when my son is done playing .... psst .... starts with S. I love watching him play goal but I can do without the game even though I understand it. Now the varsity coach is telling me there's potential to play at the next level. It won't happen over baseball.
I'll probably still watch high level softball (WCWS, Team USA) on TV, but doubt I would make the effort to attend a game.
Aside from the thrill of watching my son play and coaching his age group, it's brought back so many memories from when I played I hadn't thought about for years.
I have raised my son to love the game, just as I did as a kid. It all started with a 3rd grade crush on a 3rd grade baseball star, he played for the Yankees, he lived for baseball, and I can still remember what he looked like at the local ballfield in his pinstripes. I was hooked for life.
We moved away from that neighborhood when I was 10, and (lucky me!)into one that was filled with Houston Astros players and their families. It was so exotic for my girlfriend to have a dad who was a VERY famous ballplayer. Much more so than my dad, who was an engineer. Boring!
I remember going to the funeral of an elderly relative. The preacher started off the eulogy by saying, "I am sure that Mildred is happy today - the Astros won." That is how I will be.
We moved away from that neighborhood when I was 10, and (lucky me!)into one that was filled with Houston Astros players and their families. It was so exotic for my girlfriend to have a dad who was a VERY famous ballplayer. Much more so than my dad, who was an engineer. Boring!
I remember going to the funeral of an elderly relative. The preacher started off the eulogy by saying, "I am sure that Mildred is happy today - the Astros won." That is how I will be.
My husband was a baseball player until college so he was the one who inspired son to be a fan before a player. Living in Florida we also went to minor league games and spring training before it was fashionable to do so with both son and daughter.
We have always enjoyed watching baseball and do so even when son is not involved. Baseball is the first love of sports in this house regardless of son's involvement.
Funny thing though, my son and husband would much rather sit down to watch football or basketball (even golf) over a baseball game, unless a great pitching matchup or play off game is on.
We have always enjoyed watching baseball and do so even when son is not involved. Baseball is the first love of sports in this house regardless of son's involvement.
Funny thing though, my son and husband would much rather sit down to watch football or basketball (even golf) over a baseball game, unless a great pitching matchup or play off game is on.
I grew up playing s****r,and always thought baseball was boring. When my son wanted to play baseball, I was slightly disappointed, but let him play. Over the last several years, I have learned so much about baseball, and what an interesting sport it is. I will continue to watch and learn about baseball long after my sons playing days are over
IMHO most guys who played mainly start to watch in October and intermittently may go to selective games during the season. But after they retire from the game, they miss it and usually will try to keep their hand-in so to speak with coaching at some level, no matter what age.
In SF the Rec department runs 16 y/o and over leagues so some guys are playing with graying temples.
But most guys I know are to busy making a living and providing for their families to worry about BB, except maybe when they are in a sports bar and the TV game is on. JMO
In SF the Rec department runs 16 y/o and over leagues so some guys are playing with graying temples.
But most guys I know are to busy making a living and providing for their families to worry about BB, except maybe when they are in a sports bar and the TV game is on. JMO
Bobblehead,
It has been an integral part of my entire family life.
My granddad - my dad - my uncle - me - my best friends - and my sons - and all the women who supported and helped them.
Cant really imagine anything else.
It has been an integral part of my entire family life.
My granddad - my dad - my uncle - me - my best friends - and my sons - and all the women who supported and helped them.
Cant really imagine anything else.
I fell in love with the most wonderful game of baseball due to my son's passion and playing. However, it quickly became my own passion and has nothing to do with watching or supporting my son any longer. It's my love.... all mine.
played it, coached it, watched it, always loved it.
how can you hate a game where the best hitter of all time made an out 6 out of 10 times,and has a statue in cooperstown. ya gotta lovit.
how can you hate a game where the best hitter of all time made an out 6 out of 10 times,and has a statue in cooperstown. ya gotta lovit.