I am told there are people who don't like baseball. I don't understand these people.
There is a beautiful continuity to baseball. Little Abigail (video below) learned to love the Reds from her mom. I am a third generation Cub fan (both sides of the family). When I was 6, my favorite Cub was Ernie Banks. I never got to meet him, but I wore a Cubs helmet when I watched the games and my dad affixed a "14" to it so I could be just like Mr. Cub. I'm proud to now own my favorite grandma's Ryne Sandberg jersey, and am thrilled that I'm the one who took my nephew to his first ballgame. Today he's a 14K baseball fanatic, and yes, I take credit.
I've seen this video a dozen times. I love watching Abigail fidgeting as she watches her favorite Reds player sign her book. (God bless you, Joey.) Her little body cannot contain the excitement.
Oh, the heartbreak of that photo after he left the game, I felt that!
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