There’s No Crying in Baseball
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” is one of Babe Ruth’s most famous quotes. Even though 20-somethings on social media are giving credit to Hilary Duff from the 2004 movie A Cinderella Story.
That’d be like crediting Madonna for female baseball leagues.
Ball trivia aside, baseball bums have sprung and new players are blossoming.
I have been a Blue Jays fan since I came out of the womb. Partly influenced by family and partly because my birth year was the year they won the World Series (and the most recent). More than once my Mom has shared that she was bathing me when Joe Carter hit the winning walk off home run in ’93.
As a Canadian you feel an obligation to the Jays even if you don’t admit it.
I’ve been admitting it for years but this season I’ve found my eyes wandering to other teams.
At some point you get tired of being a joke. Some of us keep losing and some of us create a blog out of it.
It’s funny how you feel like a traitor though. Last weekend I admitted to my Grandma that I’d watched the Yankees game over the Jays. I whispered it like the Blue Jays Gods were about to strike me with lightening.
But today I did feel like a Blue Jay in the batter’s box…
In Poop Was Not in a Group, I needed to change my pants. Today, it appears I need to change my entire look.
These days ball players’ looks on the field are a lot like business casual looks in the workplace. There’s an over arching theme but how it’s interpreted is quite different from person to person. You can pick out who’s there to do what but a lot of them look like they’re in their pjs.
The Yankees organization recently amended their long running grooming policy. Prior to the amendment, Yankee players’ hair was not to touch their collars and they were allowed to have mustaches but no other facial hair.
Let’s ensure they know the meaning of discipline and creepy.
Many past and current players felt this policy was outdated and hindered players from self expression and individuality, so the policy now allows “well-groomed beards.”
Prince Harry and Prince William are allowed to have beards and now the Yankees? What is happening to the world? (An influx of hot boys that’s what’s happening).
No matter the look, we’re all there to do a job – some looking better than others.
The first pitch was at 10:00am when I met with a resident for a gratitude journalling session. As soon as I entered his room I watched his eyes wander from my eyes to my hair.
Before I could mention the weather he commented, “you have the most hair I’ve ever seen in my life. You can cut it you know.”
Strike 1.
The count was 0-1 when a resident entered my office to grumble about well, everything. He glanced down at my pants and said, “you know the problem with your patterned pants is that they stand out. So it looks like you’re always wearing the same pants. You need to go shopping asap.”
Strike 2.
And just when I thought a little base hit was still possible, another resident approached me in the hallway and said, “I’m always interested to see what colour of nails you have and I’m here to tell you that you need to go to the nail salon sooner than later.”
Strike 3.
Although, for my last up to bat, I passed a resident reading in the hallway who exclaimed, “my, you look awesome. Your hair and those pants. You look splendid.”
RBI double.
There’s no crying in baseball because the game’s not over until it’s over.
