You Know You Are A Baseball Mom When....

You know you are a Baseball Mom when:

1.        Your weekly laundry consists of a load of nothing but baseball pants.

2.       You own a bar of Fels-Naptha.

3.       You have something in your home called “the baseball bag” that gets taken to every game, double header, and tournament, and even sometimes practice, but it contains no actual baseball equipment.  Ours contains sunscreen, bug spray, towels (for wet bleachers or balls), ibuprofen, Benadryl, snacks, umbrellas, and a magazine or two. 

4.       You have yelled out the words “Protect the plate!”

5.       You own t-shirts or jewelry with your child’s team name or jersey number.

6.       You feel like you should own stock in Gatorade.

7.       You know what the infield fly rule is.

8.       Sleeping till 9 am on a Saturday is an extremely rare luxury.

9.       You have cleaned clay from your car, your carpet, or your own shoes.

10.   You have a network of other baseball parents and players you truly consider extended family, because you probably spend more time with them than your actual extended family!

Most of all, you know you are a baseball mom because you love watching your child play and are tremendously proud of them.

A toast to my fellow baseball moms!  That’s why they have wine.