...when there are baseball hats in every room in the house and occassionally on the top rack in the dishwasher.
... when you no longer even mind if there is a "cup" on your living room floor!
...when your five year old daughter just made back to back outstanding plays at shortstop during a game for her fall softball team. The other parents turn and stare at you in shock until someone asks, “How much time do you spend with her working on baseball?” You have to explain, ”Not very much but her brother plays for the high school and she has already seen several hundred games by this age.” (Now you have removed all doubt and they know you are a family of freaks. 
) Later the coach tells you he can’t believe she dove for that second ball. All you can do is smile as you realize your family may have another 10-15 years of the great game to look forward to.
) Later the coach tells you he can’t believe she dove for that second ball. All you can do is smile as you realize your family may have another 10-15 years of the great game to look forward to.
Line Drive:
Very Cool
The pitcher is gonna love her
Very Cool
The pitcher is gonna love her
…when it’s your 23rd wedding anniversary and you are on the HSBBW site sharing a story about your daughter and your wife walks in but doesn’t complain about what you are doing because she was just going over the kid’s baseball schedules and wanted to let you know about a couple game time conflicts.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by oldbat-never:
When you are trying to figure out a good Senior page for the yearbook and every picture you have/like/want to include has a baseball hat, bat, uniform in it.....and it is ok,,,,,because that is what has been most important to him.
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That's exactly how it went with our Senior Page also.
... All vacations are planned around baseball trips, tournaments, etc.
...No one is ever at home, because they live at the baseball field!
When you are trying to figure out a good Senior page for the yearbook and every picture you have/like/want to include has a baseball hat, bat, uniform in it.....and it is ok,,,,,because that is what has been most important to him.
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That's exactly how it went with our Senior Page also.
... All vacations are planned around baseball trips, tournaments, etc.
...No one is ever at home, because they live at the baseball field!
...Coach's daughter's name is Maris Avery...
When your wife talks about a coach purse and you wonder what school he is at.
letsplay2
Now that is funny, wish I had thought of that one...
Now that is funny, wish I had thought of that one...
Coach Purse will hit you right in the pocketbook...............
When you know exactly what that smell is when you walk into the laundry room
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Cong...Nicely done!
....When, after putting two ballplayers into college, your wife informs you that she'd like to adopt a child to fill the empty space...
...but he has to be 6'6" left handed and throw in the mid 90's...
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Cong...Nicely done!
....When, after putting two ballplayers into college, your wife informs you that she'd like to adopt a child to fill the empty space...
...but he has to be 6'6" left handed and throw in the mid 90's...
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...when, your second ball bucket contains not only whiffle baseballs...
...but whiffle golf balls, badmitton shuttlecocks, plastic bottle caps of 36 different varieties and colors including broken ones, half whiffles, plastic BB's, tape rolls, and a really eclectic assortment of styrofoam attenna ornaments from Burger King, Union 76, Kmart, and Oregon Sate.
...AND you have developed an uncanny abilty to throw reach and every one for strikes...
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...when, your second ball bucket contains not only whiffle baseballs...
...but whiffle golf balls, badmitton shuttlecocks, plastic bottle caps of 36 different varieties and colors including broken ones, half whiffles, plastic BB's, tape rolls, and a really eclectic assortment of styrofoam attenna ornaments from Burger King, Union 76, Kmart, and Oregon Sate.
...AND you have developed an uncanny abilty to throw reach and every one for strikes...
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when......
On the first NFL Sunday I watched the White Sox game, (1PM-4PM) start to finish without changing the channel.
On the first NFL Sunday I watched the White Sox game, (1PM-4PM) start to finish without changing the channel.
.........When you go to a Super Bowl party to celebrate the END of football season and the eminent return of spring training.
GO TWINS
Rollerman
When your son is wearing a new Tshirt and printed on it in big Script letters is:
AE
and you can't remember when he played for that team and who they are...........
AE
and you can't remember when he played for that team and who they are...........
When ther-bands connected to inside doors are used in an excersise set by the entire family before they are used to shut the door.
When the aromatic potporri on the glass coffee table is replaced by a bowl of pearls (from different leagues around the country!
(A couple of weekends ago, the college players came over for a barbecue, ....and you could tell the pitchers from the positions players when walking into the living room...LOL)
(A couple of weekends ago, the college players came over for a barbecue, ....and you could tell the pitchers from the positions players when walking into the living room...LOL)
Bear, I need help!
a mean turtle surogate is stalking me re a parking ticket they SAY is mine
(I know nothing / I remember nothing )
also told them "I didn't do it & won't do it again"
yet they persist
my options?? it's $70 -
it wouldn't cost that much in Atlanta to park in the AD's spot at the gate
gotta go ... I'm on the run .......
caution with the glass table around leftys & say hi to Mrs Bear)
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a mean turtle surogate is stalking me re a parking ticket they SAY is mine
(I know nothing
/ I remember nothing )also told them "I didn't do it & won't do it again"
yet they persist
my options?? it's $70 -
it wouldn't cost that much in Atlanta to park in the AD's spot at the gate
gotta go ... I'm on the run .......
caution with the glass table around leftys & say hi to Mrs Bear)
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When you are stopped by airport security when they scan you golf bag; ask you to take everything out; only to find a baseball lodged in the bottom of your golf bag.
True story!
True story!
The cracks and holes in the vinyl siding from the days before the batting cage. By some miracle, never broke a window.
quote:By some miracle, never broke a window.
This same miracle was not performed at my house.....
There is a large circle of dirt in the front yard from years of playing catch and batting --first with regular baseballs and then, as the kids got older and stronger, with whiffle balls...When you play in the front yard that is an open invitation to everyone in the neighborhood to join you.......
When you use a fungo bat and tennis balls to hit grounders to the dog!
Player needs to be at field by 4PM - you purposefully take a "late lunch" and set your conference call for 4:15 and take the call with laptop and cell in the car (field parking lot) - windows all the way up so everyone thinks you are in your office - oh by the way....it is in the high 90s!!!!
The game starts and there is always someone who wants a complete recap of the conference call - your son is going to bat soon so you promise to document everything just so you can see the game......
The game starts and there is always someone who wants a complete recap of the conference call - your son is going to bat soon so you promise to document everything just so you can see the game......
When your entire wardrobe consists of 4 years of tournament t-shirts and you where them for every occasion, and you can remember every tourny.
I have saved every team jersey since age 5, packed away in my cedar chest, so that when my son hangs up his cleats for the last time, I can make a quilt out of them. It will be a Family Heirloom!
quote:Originally posted by sluggo:
I have saved every team jersey since age 5, packed away in my cedar chest, so that when my son hangs up his cleats for the last time, I can make a quilt out of them. It will be a Family Heirloom!
Thanks for the idea! I love it!
Rewind to 2 years ago:
When your wife gives birth to a beautiful baby boy and 4 days later you're off to the state tourney with the 11u son...and she doesn't mind.
When the 11u, who's a pitcher, does everything he can to make his baby brother lefthanded.
When your wife gives birth to a beautiful baby boy and 4 days later you're off to the state tourney with the 11u son...and she doesn't mind.
When the 11u, who's a pitcher, does everything he can to make his baby brother lefthanded.
You have completely filled "Pin Towels" tucked away in the closet to remind you of the fun world series tournaments you attended from age 10-14 yr. old...
You have broken multiple windows (yours or neighbors) with baseballs.
Your pool is "squeezed" into the small part of the yard so that the "long" part of the yard is still available for a batting cage.
You don't think twice when signing your son up to play on multiple fall teams (high school and club team) so that you play two double headers every Saturday and Sunday.
Your friends think you have totally lost your mind because they think your whole life revolves around baseball.
Your favorite people are those you have met through baseball.
You have broken multiple windows (yours or neighbors) with baseballs.
Your pool is "squeezed" into the small part of the yard so that the "long" part of the yard is still available for a batting cage.
You don't think twice when signing your son up to play on multiple fall teams (high school and club team) so that you play two double headers every Saturday and Sunday.
Your friends think you have totally lost your mind because they think your whole life revolves around baseball.
Your favorite people are those you have met through baseball.
You go through 4 gallons of "Shout" every month....
You have a "baseball" basket in the laundry room to house stray belts, cups, sliding shorts, and baseball socks.
You know the location of the best laundromat
in every city you have visited in the last 5 years.
You have a "baseball" basket in the laundry room to house stray belts, cups, sliding shorts, and baseball socks.
You know the location of the best laundromat
in every city you have visited in the last 5 years.
At the birth of a son, you give your wife a baseball mit for her first mother's day.
She figures out that she can take the floor mats from her car and use them as bases so that she can play ball at the park with her son at age 2&1/2.
She figures out that she can take the floor mats from her car and use them as bases so that she can play ball at the park with her son at age 2&1/2.
...when you catch yourself watching Florida Marlins Rain Delay Programming (last night) fascinated with a story how Dan Uggla (who?) was affected by the Rule 5 Draft (what?).....and you are not really even a Marlins fan. 
quote:Originally posted by Dad04:
...when you catch yourself watching Florida Marlins Rain Delay Programming (last night) fascinated with a story how Dan Uggla (who?) was affected by the Rule 5 Draft (what?).....and you are not really even a Marlins fan.
We did that too last night!
The Halloween decorations reminded me of this one....
Instead of a Jack-O-Lantern with a menacing face, you carve your pumpkin with the logo of your favorite baseball team.
Instead of a Jack-O-Lantern with a menacing face, you carve your pumpkin with the logo of your favorite baseball team.
... people ask why you live in your particular neighborhood, and you point out that it was within walking distance of the youth baseball fields complex.
...when you will only consider baseball players names to name your children.
...when your leather couch and car upholstery has overhand baseball-stitching.
...when the background music during a party is Matt Vasgersian on Channel 4 SD
...when your slicing up a game ball to remove the threads and make a bracelet for your wife. Then you hear your Mother-in-Law say…”I want one too!”
...when you only get baseball caps for Fathers Day and tear up with emotion.
...when your trunk is filled with chairs, tickets, hats, jackets and infield dirt and love the smell and there is no way your cleaning it out.
...when you pass by your son’s empty room, grab his old glove stick your nose deep in the hide and take a deep breath to remind you of him.
...when you can read this list and cry because you understand.
Oh no, Bullwinkle is verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
I’ll give you a topic.
Innocent independent civilian contractors were working on the second Death Star when Luke destroyed it in Return of the Jedi.
Discus!
All better,
Have a great baseball day.
Bullwinkle J Moose.
...when your leather couch and car upholstery has overhand baseball-stitching.
...when the background music during a party is Matt Vasgersian on Channel 4 SD
...when your slicing up a game ball to remove the threads and make a bracelet for your wife. Then you hear your Mother-in-Law say…”I want one too!”
...when you only get baseball caps for Fathers Day and tear up with emotion.
...when your trunk is filled with chairs, tickets, hats, jackets and infield dirt and love the smell and there is no way your cleaning it out.
...when you pass by your son’s empty room, grab his old glove stick your nose deep in the hide and take a deep breath to remind you of him.
...when you can read this list and cry because you understand.
Oh no, Bullwinkle is verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
I’ll give you a topic.
Innocent independent civilian contractors were working on the second Death Star when Luke destroyed it in Return of the Jedi.
Discus!
All better,
Have a great baseball day.
Bullwinkle J Moose.
quote:She figures out that she can take the floor mats from her car and use them as bases so that she can play ball at the park with her son at age 2&1/2.
Why didn't I think of that?
I picked my son's high school based on the caliber of the baseball coach. I am beginning to realize just how twisted we all are!
"...when your slicing up a game ball to remove the threads and make a bracelet for your wife. Then you hear your Mother-in-Law say…”I want one too!”
You can buy them now, but I know making them yourself was a lot more fun!
You can buy them now, but I know making them yourself was a lot more fun!
You know it when you are away with your team for a tournament and there is no doubt where you are--- it is called a comfort zone between the partners