The World Baseball Classic is underway now too. I'm a baseball fan. I have no idea what's going on with the Classic. All I know is the US nearly got themselves knocked out of the competition early by getting their butts handed to them by a Canandian pitcher, whose career never tracked higher than the minors.
I also know that instead of taking the boy to his first major league game this summer, we'll be taking in a single A game. We were all set to lug ourselves into the Bronx for a mid-summer afternoon start, yet within hours of Yankee tickets going on sale for this season, they were sold out. What's a poor mom to do?
Yet all that non-excitement on the pro-side is moot. The game in our backyard is just heating up. As Logan gets closer to the big "4" birthday his imagative and non-parrell play is heating up. The more I witness his bigger-than-himself imagination take hold of his play, the more I realize he's moved from toddler to child. He's not just slapping at a ball and waiting for the applause. Today he's taking on a persona.
Like when he did this:
This hit came with running commentary. "Here comes Jeter. He hits the ball....it's a home run! Yay!! [he cheers wildly on behalf of the imagined full-stadium]. Jeter runs the bases. The Yankees win the game!"
And I clap, not for his baseball feats, but for the dreams he's living out in his mind.
4 comments:
Isn't that wonderful? I know nothing about baseball, but a little boy's dreams make one's heart very soft...or at least that's a German saying which translated doesn't make much sense...Here via Michele's
Awwwwwww... that is just too heart warming! I too know nothing about baseball and honestly I don't know how I once got the job as a Sports Assistant at a youth center and prepared baseball fields for games and such! LOL But it was fun lining them for sure...
From reading the little bit of your post, I can tell you're a WONDERFUL mommy. Your baby is so fornate to have you supporting his lil' dreams. *hehe*
And OMG, Clomid... don't even go there! I have to take it myself for infertility treatments and OMG, sometimes I feel like I could kill myself! hahaha. Not seriously but it really does mess with your brain dude.
It should be banned! But ah well.. I need it to try to have a baby...
I'm here from Michelle's place!
Enjoyed the read!
Blessings*
Great photo! He looks like a real pro! They don't (really) have baseball here, but we bought a couple of gloves and a ball in the States before Pedro was born and we'll probably introduce him to the sport when he's a bit older.
What a hit!!! Did the camera survive?
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