It’s sad that baseball is losing the kids. My 20-year-old nephew was/is the same way – never had an interest. I blame the video/PC games.
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I don’t think baseball’s losing the kids; the local little leagues aren’t hurting for players.

Trying to get a park permit is dang near impossible in NYC. Guys my age (30) are still playing. Have a game this weekend, as a matter of fact. Kids who are around salvage our busted equipment (I play in a wood bat league)

There are still fathers & sons playing catch, fathers & daughters playing catch.

Don’t worry, the game will be ok (:

It’s sad that baseball is losing the kids. My 20-year-old nephew was/is the same way – never had an interest. I blame the video/PC games.

It’s something that Bud and the boys should think about – and hard – because someday we’ll all be too old and then the parks will be empty again.

Yep, too late, I’m afraid. My 12 year old son doesn’t really like sports, and my 9 year old daughter vastly prefers soccer. That’s ok, I’ve learned to live with it.

Good to know that I’m not a rogue there Paul!
Too late to get the kids hooked? More company is always good.

By coincidence, I went to Cooperstown this year for the first time since I was 12. My wife and kids came along, mostly to humor me since I’m the only one who really follows the game. I enjoyed it enormously, and must say that the physical beauty of the place surprised me — somehow I’d expected the town to be “ruined” by honky-tonk by now, when in fact it feels surprisingly real.

FYI, Steve, by the way you and I are around the same age, and I also don’t follow any other sport except (maniacally) baseball.

She is a very smart 3-year-old!

I believe Cooperstown is named after James Fenimore – it’s right smack in the middle of where the Leatherstocking Tales are set (“Lake Glimmerglass” = Otsego, etc.), so your daughter was also probably right about “going to a Cooper’s town”.

//Steve, what were the rates at the hotel/B&B where you & your family stayed?

Oh yeah, a big hand to your wife for supporting you in your endeavors and baseball related travels. Many women I’ve dated weren’t really into the game, and couldn’t understand why I’d take off to Philly @ a moment’s notice to see RJ pitch (hey he was with the Stros; wasn’t going to see that ever again), or why I’d drive 6 hours to Detroit, watch a game, and drive right back (hey, it was the last series @ ever Tiger Stadium. I had to work the following morning; THAT’S why I drove back)…//

IIRC, I think the room was something like $240 a night – but, again, I needed two connected rooms, and a bed and a crib in the 2nd room. So, you could probably do better there without the 2nd room, etc.

The Mrs. knew what she was getting into when she married me. On the flipside, I don’t drink, gamble, smoke, do drugs, chase skirts, etc. And, I don’t follow the NHL or NBA. And, I pretty much limit my NFL to the Super Bowl these days. So, baseball is my only vice.

I like to think there are worse “catches” out there!

LOL! I thought I was smiling!
Seriously, holding the kids sometimes is like rasslin’ gators. I’m just trying to keep a straight face most of the times in pictures!

Funny about the news report. This visit, all I could think of was “Man, if I could open a McDonald’s here, it would be gold.” But, I bet the commerce folks there want nothing to take away from the old, small, town charm.

That’s odd, because there’s a general store and a CVS right there on the main drag…

I suppose if the townsfolk supported those “regular type” stores, there wouldn’t be as many memorabilia shops?

Steve, what were the rates at the hotel/B&B where you & your family stayed?

Oh yeah, a big hand to your wife for supporting you in your endeavors and baseball related travels. Many women I’ve dated weren’t really into the game, and couldn’t understand why I’d take off to Philly @ a moment’s notice to see RJ pitch (hey he was with the Stros; wasn’t going to see that ever again), or why I’d drive 6 hours to Detroit, watch a game, and drive right back (hey, it was the last series @ ever Tiger Stadium. I had to work the following morning; THAT’S why I drove back)…