| Baseball is the American pasttime, you may be | | | | baseball card sellers. Baseball cards are not |
| surprised how very few people actually know | | | | in their heyday anymore, but they are still |
| the rules of the game. | | | | darn popular and are still worth a pretty |
| | | | penny (or couple hundred bucks!). |
| I went to a baseball game a few weeks ago and | | | | |
| had the misfortune of sitting next to a group | | | | Well, while I was sitting and trying to enjoy |
| of very young, very boisterous children. Not | | | | the game, the kids kept asking their dad |
| that enthusiasm in the game is unfortunate, | | | | questions. The one question that I believe I |
| but they kept cheering at all the wrong | | | | heard no less than 8 times was, "What's the |
| times. Like when the opposing team batted a | | | | difference between wooden baseball bats and |
| run in. And they were home team fans--they | | | | metal ones?" This question tickled me almost |
| were dressed in full baseball regalia from | | | | as much as hearing the poor father of these |
| replica batting helmets like these: to the | | | | curious children explain it to them over and |
| stirrup pants. | | | | over again. |
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| My point is here that many children nowadays | | | | I say we get kids back into baseball. I mean |
| don't understand how the game is played. They | | | | football and basketball have been attracting |
| confuse offense and defense and cheer when | | | | children for years, but baseball has sort of |
| the pitcher beans a batter. Maybe they just | | | | been on the decline for awhile. Why not have |
| don't like batters, but for some reason I | | | | baseball camps and sand lot games in the |
| don't think that is the case. They do all | | | | summer instead of sitting the kids down in |
| seem to know the value of baseball cards, | | | | the air conditioning playing video games and |
| which is more than I can say for many | | | | watching television? |