Celebrating Baseball

 

Today is Baseball Day.  At the midpoint of the season, there are several events celebrating the sport.  Tonight is the All-Star Game, in which the most talented players compete in good spirit, having fun being with each other and joking around.  Yesterday was the Home Run Derby which showed players trying to knock balls out of the park.  Before the Derby, my beloved Rockettes danced on top of the dugout.  Those girls can hoof!

As far as sports go, baseball tops the bunch.  It requires skill, experience, strength and cunning.  There is strategy, history and culture.  The deeper you dig into baseball, the more gold you find.  It's a rewarding game to follow.

Unlike football and hockey, there is little violence in baseball.  Camaraderie and good sportsmanship is valued highly.

I played baseball as a child, first in parks and later in Little League.  I loved the sport and was good at it.  My experience was marred, however, by bad parenting from fathers who, frustrated with their own past failures, try to live vicariously through their 8-year old sons.  These fathers don't realize they are raising children; they think they are battling the World Series with professional players.  The fathers yell, curse and act atrociously.  Several times I scratched my head and wondered when these so-called adults would grow up.

Anyway, back to the joys of baseball...  Since the game is on my mind, I thought I'd use it as the inspiration for an outfit-post.  I love being creative and I pondered how to make a baseball uniform look feminine.  Here's my swing at it.

Do you like baseball?  Did you ever play it?  What sports did you play?