We thought it would be fun for Emily to play baseball in Vincennes so that she could meet other kids that she would go to school with in the fall. Because she had played 2 years of t-ball, a friend suggested signing up for machine pitch. I thought, "what the heck." I had no idea what I signed sweet Em up for... 18 games, plus a tournament, plus a machine that throws a ball at your head going 40 mph, not to mention boys who have been playing baseball as long as they could walk. Sorry Em!
I about died when I learned the name of our team, "The Little Red Fur Shed." Every team has a sponsor and we were lucky enough to be picked to be on the Decker, IN, team that is sponsored by a store that sells trapping supplies and other fun stuff. Here is a link to their store, http://littleredfurshed.com/.
On opening day back in May, Em and I rushed to get to the field in time for pictures. We had driven in that morning from Indianapolis and I was of course all flustered and running late. We race up to the place where we are suppose to get our pictures, find our team and Em goes and stands in line to get her picture taken. The boy in front of her turns around, looks her up and down and then says with a straight face and very matter a fact, "Pants on backwards." I about lost it right there. You see we have never owned baseball pants. Once I realized how serious this was, I went out and bought Em a pair. That was the first time she had worn them. God love her that she politely and with much appreciation said, "thank you." So we ran to the bathroom, fixed her pants and made it back for pictures. I love the fact that you can see the melon fields in the background of her individual picture.
That day we played Smith's Taxidermy and won. Welcome to small town Indiana baseball!
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