And She Writes too

There is nothing better than being a baseball mom. When you are a baseball mom the song "Take me out to the ball game" takes on a whole new meaning. There is nothing like sitting in the stands watching your little 5 year old hit the baseball for the first time. Seeing the excitement in your little man's face as he slides into home plate, you can't help but fall in love with Little League Baseball.

I knew I'd be a baseball mom when my son was just 8 months old and was pitching a baseball to his dad like he knew exactly what he was doing. My son's facial expression as he threw that baseball over handed was a "pitcher" perfect baseball face. It was at that moment that I knew my son was born to play baseball.

Realizing that being a baseball mom was in my future was a little disappointing since I really didn't like baseball. I knew nothing about baseball what equipment was needed to pay the game. I didn't have a favorite baseball team, I didn't even know the names of any of the professional baseball teams. Baseball games were boring to me and don't get me on the Skoal dipping baseball players - yuck!

When my son turned 5 in the summer of 2001, I took him down to the Little League field and signed him up for baseball. The next day I went to the local sporting goods store and bought him his first real baseball bat, baseball glove, and his first pair of baseball pants. A week later my son went to his first ever baseball practice. Watching twelve 5 year olds play baseball is more like watching twelve 5 years olds dig in the dirt on the field. They did more bug chasing then baseball catching.

Now my son is almost 12 years old, he not only plays Little League baseball but he plays AAU ball too. We are at the baseball field 10 months out of the year and two to four times a week but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Watching my son grow with the sport has been such a rewarding experience for me. He truly loves the game which makes me love it even more.

Having spent 7 years on the baseball field, I now know the fundamentals of the game and my favorite professional baseball team is the Boston Red Sox - GO SOX! I am the loudest mom in the baseball stands. I love my son's teammates like they are all my boys too. My son's Little League and AAU teams are like family to me. Now I look forward to double header baseball games and baseball tournaments. I am a baseball mom and I am proud of it.