Blog : Life in the Last Lane---Spring Training

Quoting seagull2000:

I have always been the kind of a guy who sees the glass as three-quarters full--- it doesn't take a whole lot to get me feeling good. So just reading about the pitchers and catchers preparing for Spring training in February is enough to make me go out to get the mail today in my shirtsleeves. Of course the temperature was about 12 degrees and just about froze the water in that glass. Had to run back up the drive to the house. Whew

One of the things I like about baseball is that it can be played by all body types unlike basketball and football. I've seen major league players ranging from 5'6" to 6'10" and with weights from 140 to 280 pounds. All playing on the same field. That's why it's a favorite family game on picnics or in the back yard.Everyone can participate.

I was the tallest of 5 kids; my 3 sisters and mother ranged from 5'1" to 5'6"; my brother and father were about 5'8 or 5'9" I ended up 6'3" after a very slow start. A couple of my father's brothers were over 6 feet but not his parents. My mother's family was big in number but I'm not sure if any one of them was tall.

All of my 6 kids are considered tall; the 3 girls are 5'9", 5'10" and 6'0; the 3 boys are 6'1" (2) and 6'3". Their mother was 5"9' so I guess that's not too surprising. We made an imposing group when we hit the pizza joints. Today we actually would rate on the lower end of the tall scale.

Surprisingly only one girl and one son played any organized sports. Linda played high school basketball and Keith played football at the University of Pennsylvania. But they all loved baseball and we would make several excursions every year to Wrigley Field in Chicago. Still do when any of them are in town (see the pix attached)

How did your families handle height?

(Folks, I need some feed back. I know that I've got readers; what I need is some conversation. Help me out, please!

I have always been the kind of a guy who sees the glass as three-quarters full--- it doesn't take a whole lot to get me feeling good. So just reading about the pitchers and catchers preparing for Spring training in February is enough to make me go out to get the mail today in my shirtsleeves. Of course the temperature was about 12 degrees and just about froze the water in that glass. Had to run back up the drive to the house. Whew

One of the things I like about baseball is that it can be played by all body types unlike basketball and football. I've seen major league players ranging from 5'6" to 6'10" and with weights from 140 to 280 pounds. All playing on the same field. That's why it's a favorite family game on picnics or in the back yard.Everyone can participate.

I was the tallest of 5 kids; my 3 sisters and mother ranged from 5'1" to 5'6"; my brother and father were about 5'8 or 5'9" I ended up 6'3" after a very slow start. A couple of my father's brothers were over 6 feet but not his parents. My mother's family was big in number but I'm not sure if any one of them was tall.

All of my 6 kids are considered tall; the 3 girls are 5'9", 5'10" and 6'0; the 3 boys are 6'1" (2) and 6'3". Their mother was 5"9' so I guess that's not too surprising. We made an imposing group when we hit the pizza joints. Today we actually would rate on the lower end of the tall scale.

Surprisingly only one girl and one son played any organized sports. Linda played high school basketball and Keith played football at the University of Pennsylvania. But they all loved baseball and we would make several excursions every year to Wrigley Field in Chicago. Still do when any of them are in town (see the pix attached)

How did your families handle height?

(Folks, I need some feed back. I know that I've got readers; what I need is some conversation. Help me out, please!