the san diego padres one evening last week!
we gathered with c's colleagues and gobbled
down peanuts, popcorn and crackerjacks.
scoutie took off his baseball glove for a few minutes to eat,
but left it on for the rest of the game hoping to catch a fly ball.
because it was a school night,
we couldn't stay the entire game.
we headed home after the 6th inning and that's
when the highlight of the night happened for scout.
{besides being allowed to share a fanta with finn}
as we walked by the bullpen, one of the arizona diamondback
pitchers were warming up and noticed the boys. from behind the
fence, he slowly walked towards them with baseballs in each hand.
i urged the boys to go to the fence to meet him.
they did and sure enough, the guy motioned to c that he was going
to toss the balls over the fence. c caught them and gave to the boys.
c and i thanked the pitcher and the boys followed with their thank yous.
scout was all smiles and exclaimed he had a 'official' baseball.
finn just looked at it for a few minutes and quietly said baseball isn't my passion.
i chuckled to myself and i reminded finn that though baseball isn't
HIS passion, it IS the passion of the pitcher who so generously tossed the
baseballs to them. just like finn enjoys sharing {talking} for hours about
science/robotics, the baseball player wanted to share his love of the game
in the only way he could at the time...by tossing baseballs to 2 young boys.
finn understood my point and promised "if a player ever throws me a ball,
i'll be sure to smile bigger mom". t
our boys are so very different, and we love 'em for it.
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| all taken with my iphone {i still struggle to stay still} |
i checked online the next day and our padres ended up winning!
they beating the diamondbacks 12-2. woot woot
welcome to the weekend!
