Aw, America's greatest past time, BASEBALL!

I LOVE BASEBALL!! Really I do, not just the cute guys in the tight ball pants, but the game! I grew up in it, now I played softball, cause girls didn't play baseball, but I was all around it. My Dad's Dad, Granddaddy Nick, whom I never met, was the first President of Greenwood Dixie Youth, which was a long time ago, my parents have a picture of my Dad's baseball team, with Granddaddy Nick as the coach, my Dad was just a little guy, maybe 9 or 10. Once we got old enough, which I was probably 10 and Nick was probably 6, we started playing at Greenwood, boy did we have some fun, fun times there! The park was small, not too many teams, if you played there you pretty much knew everyone that played there. It was sort of like an extended family. As we got older, my parents got more involved, my Dad actually was the president and any given week day afternoon he could be found on the lawn mower dragging the field and linin it off, getting ready for the night games. Mom help with the concession stand, during Allstars, if we were not playing somewhere and we had a tournament going, you could usually find us taking up the gate money, working the press box or working the concession stand, for $5.00 a game. We would also go watch the Birmingham Barons play, now Im telling my age, but we would go to Rickwood Field and watch, fun times! There was a player that I really liked, his name was George Foussianes, when he got up to bat, everyone would start saying, FOO, FOO, FOO, it was so much fun! Then as I got older and had Trevar I couldn't wait for him to play, neither could the rest of the family, my Dad gave Trevar a baseball jacket and ball cap, before he was even born, we didn't even know if he was a girl or a boy, sure enough, he played from 4 years old to 15 years old, we were at the park ALL THE TIME and loved every minute of it. SO, now here I am 37 years old, yikes, and I still love the game, the Braves, the Barons, and yes even the Cardinals, I'll watch it on TV, it doesn't matter who's playin! The fun thing now is, I am hanging out with a guy that loves the game as much, or more, than I do. Alex plays on the Shockers with Nick, so baseball is every where!! Last year he and I went to Montgomery to watch the Biscuits play the Mississippi, Braves, which his buddy plays on. Also, we keep scorin tickets to the Barons, nothing better than a FREE baseball game. So, tonight on Thirsty Thursday, drinks $1 and $.20 wings, we are GOIN TO THE BALLPARK, and I can't wait!

I'll leave you with a quote from The Great Bambino: "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way" Herman "Babe" Ruth