This year we signed Marley up for a 3-5 year T-ball team. Marley turned three about a week before it started and she was a head shorter than everyone else on her team. Lets just say she might have been too young. To be fair, baseball is a much more complicated game than it seems to someone who has grown up watching it. But whatever the reason, Marley's attention span does not cover the length of a two inning t-ball game. I realized this when I looked out and saw her wearing her glove as a mask, running blindly at full speed into whoever happened to be in her way; umpire, small child, innocent bystander. At least they give every kid a fair chance with batting or she may never have done anything.( I think the same three kids fielded every ball all season, regardless of where they were standing.) The games were hot and humid, Marley fought every step of the way (she truly hates the team shirt) and there was three games a week, but it was worth it. There is nothing like watching kids pass milestones and enjoy the same activities that you did when you were their age...even if they don't quite appreciate the experience yet.
