Seinfeld Night with The Mets By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 7, 2019July 8, 2019 Categories: travel with kids Tags: baseball, colt, jeff, jerry seinfeld, keith hernandez, mets, new york city, NYC, seinfeld 1 Comment June 14, 1987. Mets. Phillies. We’re enjoying a beautiful afternoon in the right field stands when a crucial Hernandez error opens the door to a 5-run Phillies 9th – cost the Mets the game. Our…
Memorial Day Weekend with Cardinals and Characters By Sarah Martin HoodMay 27, 2019 Categories: travel with kids Tags: baseball, cardinals, colt, jeff, st. louis Leave a comment Two years ago, Jeff cooked up the idea to take Colt to a ballgame over Memorial Day Weekend and we jetted off to Los Angeles for a Dodgers game and a quick taste of Hollywood….
A Weekend in LA: Baseball, the Beach, and a Bit of Hollywood By Sarah Martin HoodJune 3, 2017November 4, 2018 Categories: travel with kids Tags: baseball, beach, colt, dodgers, hollywood, jeff, LA, los angeles 1 Comment A few months ago, Jeff sent me an email in the middle of the workday to say he had a hankering to take Colt to Dodgers Stadium and that he’d already checked the schedule and…
Boy Mom: Baseball Edition By Sarah Martin HoodApril 10, 2017November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, boymom, colt 2 Comments Weeks ago, Colt’s baseball coach sent an email informing us the boys would need a “protective cup” this season. The email probably said other stuff, too, but obviously I blacked out at the word “cup”…
Buddy’s (Baseball!) Birthday By Sarah Martin HoodJune 20, 2016November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, birthday, colt, jeff, kansas city royals 1 Comment Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. ― Yogi Berra Buddy, yours is pretty much the only birthday we celebrate around here, ya know. Because it’s your…
Competitive Sports is a Whole New Ballgame By Sarah Martin HoodJune 6, 2016November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, colt, jeff Leave a comment Jeff, if this is how you feel when the Razorbacks play football… I am sincerely sorry for anything I’ve ever said to invalidate your feelings… I said those words tonight just before cleaning the entire…
Slugger By Sarah Martin HoodMay 4, 2015November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, colt, video Leave a comment We can’t remember the last time we had weather this nice, for this many days in a row. Which means lots and lots of front yard baseball. When they start the game they don’t yell,…
Mr. Baseball By Sarah Martin HoodApril 13, 2015November 4, 2018 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, colt Leave a comment Buddy, so far baseball is your sport. You’ve dabbled in football and basketball, too, and you golf with Daddy on the weekends, but baseball is where you’ve managed to start really connecting some dots. For…
America’s Pastime By Sarah Martin HoodApril 13, 2014September 4, 2016 Categories: motherhood Tags: baseball, colt, t-ball 1 Comment I had a hectic Friday. Daddy was out of town and I had meetings lasting so late I had to have Bec Bec pick you up from school. I rushed from work to meet you,…
