plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Does the caption below hit home for anyone?

Remember those little league days. Where we could have sat on the bench and hope for a win so the coach would buy us a soda pop.

Or we could give it our all, get the grass stains from that extra effort and know we did our part.

Now the field has been replaced by the work place.

No grass stains and its only work if you don’t enjoy your job.

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

Good morning Plum, you hit that one on the head.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Good one PB!

troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC

Good one that was our Sunday evening go to after church. Those were the days. Now where we used to play is a park and houses around it

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Well Troy, at least it's a park, not another strip mall.

troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC

True and with it being on the coast there’s a plenty of things to do. This year they put in place paid parking but I am grateful that I can walk or boat my way around the Island because traffic is terrible most times this time of year

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Gmorn Plum. That works for some. Little league use to be about fun n learning to play. I don't know about everwhere but many of the coaches in the surrounding area have abandoned that fun game. Cheating belittling kids in front of eveyone. It's about winning at any cost. You could see how that attitude grew in some of the kids as they moved up in age. The team meant nothing. It was all about them n the parrents backed them up. They feel their failure is somebody elses fault. Let's hope some generation gets it right brother. 👍👍

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Good mornin', plum.

I had trouble paying ball. I was the only kid around. I would throw the ball up against the barn for the pitch and then throw the ball up on the roof and catch it for the out. If I threw it over the roof it was a home run. I never lost a game.

Thanks, plum.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Good one Plumb, our coach always took us for ice cream win or lose. He was a wonderful guy.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Flyguy you reminded me of a country music video. Young boy playing ball by himself. I'm the greatest hitter in the would he'd say. Toss the ball in the air swing. Strike one then 2 n 3. Head drops then he looks up. A big smile comes on his face. He shouts wow i never knew i could pitch like that. 😀😀

Ivey Loc: South Central Tennessee, Tim's Ford Lake

Remembering, what a joy. Last week I drove thru Huntsville AL. the place of my birth and young life. I drove by the park I lived next to and played ball from minor league up thru Babe Ruth league. Stopped to see how it's faired and did the remembering thing while I was there. It's been revitalized some but the concession stand, where we bought and traded baseball cards was still there and hadn't changed at all, wish I still had just a handful of those cards now. Before every game I'd buy a pack of cards the came with a big stick of gum and we'd go to the dugout and spit just like the major leagues guy we watched on TV. Standing there I remembered going up to that window and buying a snow cone, it seemed a lot higher then, guess I'm a little taller now. Those were good times even the bad hop black eye I got playing short stop makes me smile now. That ball left the stitch marks across my cheek but I did make the play before falling on my but. Or the time I was on the pitchers mound and a hail storm blew thru, it beat us down till we could hustle back into the dugout and I felt for the outfielders. I stood at home plate and rememberd my dad, who was an umpire, calling a third strike that I just knew was a ball. Remembered hitting my first homer there, when that ball cleared the fence I thought I was really grown up. Lots of wins and losses in that park but growing up there was a lot of fun.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Here you are. Good one plum.

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Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Great story Ivey. Thanks for sharing

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

That's the one Gordon. Do you ever wonder what happened to imagination in kids. When alone or with a couple of friends you could find something to do that didn't require batteries 👍👍