Our fall season ended this past weekend. As few of the adults were sitting there watching the game, we came across an old baseball in the corner that was losing it's cover. It instantly brought back loads of memories to each of us.
The first comment was, and how many of you still have one from your youth like I do, THE OLD BASEBALL THAT YOU HAD TO TAPE UP WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE SO YOU COULD CONTINUE TO USE IT. It was amazing that nearly everyone, of middle age, had fond memories of paying with such baseballs. We laughed as we commented that even though this baseball had been discarded by today’s youth, we felt that with a little tape, it still had a productive life remaining.
I remember playing with bats, wooden of course, that I had nailed back together and, again thanks to electrical tape in my case, the bat lasted another season; A glove that was so worn that if you didn’t catch it in the web, you may as well been playing bare handed; How many Sunday afternoon pick up games were played where you only had 5 or 6 guys; I remember playing games where if you hit it to the opposite field you were out, or we’d modify it so you had to hit it there.
I remember once playing with 3 guys; me, my brother and one of his friends. I hit the ball, pitched by my brother (who then had to cover first) to left and his friend fielded the ball and so I returned to first knowing I couldn’t get to second. The next thing I know, I’m on the ground with a big lump on the back of my head, what fun.
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