Mo's Manic Monday - Bat
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2007 by Travis Cody in
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Welcome to another Manic Monday with Morgen. Don't forget to cruise by MM HQ at It's A Blog Eat Blog World. Today's theme is Bat.
When I was about 4 years old, I got my first Wiffle Bat and Ball set. I don't remember it, but I've heard the stories all my life. We were living in a 2-story apartment complex. My father and my uncle set up a little baseball diamond in the alley between buildings.
They showed me how to stand and hold the Bat. I was a natural right hander at the plate. My father pitched the Wiffle Ball to me and I connected on every swing. Just a nice little game of pepper, a 4 year old boy knocking the Wiffle Ball right back to his father.
It was a fun game and we played it quite a bit. From stories I know that even at a young age I enjoyed all sports. I liked to watch football, baseball, and basketball on TV. And I liked to play ball outside. Any kind of ball.
I'm told that after hitting little tappers back to my father for a few weeks, there was one day when I must have really gotten the idea of timing on the swing. My father threw a flat pitch and I took a mammoth swing. Mom says I swing clean out of my sneakers.
And the ball sailed up and onto the roof of one of the apartment buildings.
I cried for days because I'd lost the Wiffle Ball.
I got another Wiffle Ball and the game continued to be fun. But soon my father graduated me to a real baseball and a glove, and taught me how to throw and catch. And I got a real Louisville Slugger Bat.
My Slugger was probably a Reggie Jackson model. I don't really remember. I was an A's fan as a little guy. Reggie and Sal Bando were my favorite ball players.
Even though I had an auspicious start with baseball, I never loved to play it like I did football. I only played a year of Little League. As soon as I was old enough and big enough, I signed up for football.
All right! My kind of bat! My 16yo was just out here complaining of his pain. He ran smack dab into a catcher form his ball game today. Guy blocked the plate illegally(no ball in possession) and he cleated my baby. Big Bully!!! :)