I just wanted to say thanks to all the baseball moms here. I am a self proclaimed "Crazy Baseball Mom" who really loves the game. At the park when people are talking park rules, situations, players, etc, I'm normally the only female there who really gets into it. I was beginning to think I was really unusual, but seeing you guys here as into it as I am, I know I can't be too crazy.
BTW, my son is only 8, so hopefully I have a long time still that I get to watch him, and my daughter will be starting soon, too.
Posts: 58 | Location: a ballpark somewhere | Registered: March 12, 2008
Yes always-late there are a few of us crazy mom's out there. Spend enough time here and you will see you are not alone. I love the game. I could watch from morning til night and not even know the kids playing. My husband, on the other hand, if he doesn't know the kids, he's done. Even got the game on now as I do all the laundry (filled mostly with dirty uniforms!)
Posts: 542 | Location: Northern California | Registered: November 10, 2004
Originally posted by BBfam: I love the game. I could watch from morning til night and not even know the kids playing. Even got the game on now as I do all the laundry
And for us crazies, even when it gets to the pro level, we are there (even if only in spirit). Many are amazed that we listen to ALL of son's team games, even ones where we know he will not get into the game in relief because he just threw the day before or whenever. It is an addiction and, to be totally honest, I don't need a twelve step program for this one !!!
Oh yes, and as I am sure you all know ... those who don't have kids involved in the game ... well, they just don't (and never will) get it. It is totally unlike any other sport.
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
Originally posted by 55mom: Is there anything better than the sound of a bat hitting a ball?
Yes ... if you are the mother of a pitcher it would be the sound of WHIFFFF !!! or "STRIKE THREE" !!!
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
AlwaysLate - Glad to have you among us! It is a wonderful feeling to find a place where there's other moms who truly love the game.... not just at the field because they have to be. Welcome to the site!
Posts: 5352 | Location: Kentucky | Registered: December 30, 2004
... and if you are the catchers mom, EVERY kid that tries to run on your son is OUT - doesn't matter how close it is, or what base it is to - he's O-U-T! You are right, NOBODY gets it like fellow baseball moms. I am the yougest in my family - my older siblings are done with this stage of life - they can't understand why I would rather go to my son's ball game than anything else! And they have never seen him play -because we are in CA and they are all in MN>>.....So I have a lot of "baseball sisters"!!We ARE lucky, arent we???
Posts: 125 | Location: CA | Registered: February 25, 2008
Lots of California moms here ... where are you in CA? I am from the southern part, in an area commonly referred to as 'the O C' ...
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
I have been saying this for years,.... We need a baseball mom convention! Dont ya think? How stinkin' fun would THAT be???
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Play both sports until the competition convinces you otherwise!! " " ...because baseball is just GOOD PRACTICE FOR LIFE ".
Posts: 2968 | Location: Kansas | Registered: March 18, 2006
Mikamom,...I have a volleyball daughter and I have relatives living close ( very close ) to Clovis! Sure we're not related?
HitaHomer1,....you can sit next to me anytime,..and we'll be crazy together!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Play both sports until the competition convinces you otherwise!! " " ...because baseball is just GOOD PRACTICE FOR LIFE ".
Posts: 2968 | Location: Kansas | Registered: March 18, 2006
Originally posted by HitaHomer1: My husband likes going, but he thinks I am crazy b/c I do not want to miss one second of the games. He makes fun of me about it.
Boy can I relate to that ... not as far as hubby goes because he and I are on the same page for that but as far as going to a game with others ... geesh !!! They still don't get it ... even after seeing me use multiple colored inks to keep score of every pitch of every game (not so much now but definitely in high school and college and anytime he started a game on the mound ...)
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
