LIFE IS LIKE BASEBALL... PART 2

My two favorite teams are the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves. I have often been asked who I would root for if they ever played each other in the World Series. I have decided I will pull for the home team. My Red Sox better get going if they are going to make the playoffs. As I write this, they are in last place in the American League East. The Braves are faring somewhat better and are in second place in the National League East but appear to have a good chance to make the playoffs as a wild card team.

I can still remember the sweet smell of freshly mowed grass as a player. I had an opportunity to play 2 years of semi-pro baseball right after High School but quickly determined that I did not have “the goods” to make it to the pros and chose instead to join the Marines.

I now have the pleasure of watching my grandsons play the game. My grandson Eli has “committed” to play at Clemson University following his senior year of high school. This week I am in Phoenix Arizona watching him play in the Perfect Game 17u World Series. He is the starting Shortstop on the East Cobb Braves. You can probably tell I am a proud Grandfather.

Here are ten more reasons why I think life is similar to baseball;  

1-The grass is greenest in the spring

2-You represent your team off the field as well as on

3-Fans are like friends, they come out to see you more often when you are winning

4-It’s too late to practice when it’s your turn to bat

5-Someone needs to play the outfield

6-Thankfully the game has more than one inning

7-Learn to play the ball instead of letting it play you

8-You don’t have to hit every pitch

9-There is nothing quite like the smell of freshly cut grass

10-There is more than one way to reach first base

 

“For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out in the old ball game!”