One of the reasons we enjoy watching them play is that the players are all nice young men. When they stop to talk to you, they are polite and bright young men. They are respectful and look you in the eye while answering questions with "Yes, Ma'am" and No, Ma'am". Not that I am ready to be called Ma'am, but it is nice to realize that there are young men out there who have been taught manners.
At one of the recent games, two of the pitchers were taking a break and sitting in the far end of the stands, near the bull pen where they should have been. We later learned sitting in the stands was a big problem when one of the coaches chastised them but for a few moments we were witnesses to a precious moment in life that won't be quickly forgotten. As these two young men sat there watching their team win, two young boys about 8 or 9 approached them. One of the boys asked the ball players if they could sit with them. The ball player answered yes. The second boy said he didn't want to sit but he would stand by the fence. Before you know it, there were a few more boys there and then questions started to fly.
"Have you hit a home run?", one boy asked. "How many runs have you batted in?"asked another. The baseball players answered and then asked some of their own. "Do you play ball?" "Who is your coach?" The crack of the bat interrupted them as the player at bat broke the bat. The boys giggled with excitement.
When the player at bat got a new bat and play started again, I asked if they would mind if I took a picture. The young men and the boys all agreed so I was able to capture just a moment in time of The Boys of Summer.
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