Your Monday Photo Shoot: Opening Day!

Opening Day is here, when all good baseball fans go out of their ever-lovin' minds at the prospect of their team taking it all this year -- yes, even Cubs fans. So here's a natural for the Monday Photo Shoot:

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Present a picture of something baseball related. It could be of opening day, if you happen to be at opening day this year, or it could be a picture from previous years of you enjoying a day at the park, or just batting around a ball with friends.

Remember that although this is called the Monday Photo Shoot, posting your pictures on Tuesday, Wednesday or even Thursday morning is perfectly acceptable as well.

A few weeks ago, Krissy went outside with Athena and clocked a few balls about; here's one where she's about to whomp the stuffing out of a softball:

And this is the picture of her reaction when I told her she hits like a girl:

Note to self: No more wife-taunting. It's hazardous to my health.

Take yourself out to the ballgame, snap a photo, post it in your blog or journal, and then come back here to leave a link. Let's get this baseball season started right.

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#7 Comment from ondinemonet
4/4/06 4:10 AM | Permalink

Hi John :)

Here is my entry, along with a little info about the Bay Area teams! :)

Always, Carly :) Ellipsis...Suddenly Carly
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com/2006/04/your-monday-photo-shoot-opening-day.html
#6 Comment from mavarin
4/4/06 2:45 AM | Permalink

I still miss my Toros. - Karen
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/2006/04/out-of-love-with-game.html
#5 Comment from mariebm56
4/3/06 8:05 PM | Permalink

This is especially for YOU, John, I know U are a YANKEE fan( but don't want to admit it)...; )
Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!
Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!Go Yankees!
; )
Here is my Yankee entry~
http://journals.aol.co.uk/mariebm56/PhotographsMemoriestoo/entries/1623

Marie
#4 Comment from monponsett
4/3/06 4:20 PM | Permalink

Also... sometime when she isn't holding a bat... explain to her that one doesn't swing at pitches that look like they're 4 feet over her head.
#3 Comment from monponsett
4/3/06 4:18 PM | Permalink

If the wife goes to hit you with a bat, she doesn't hit like a girl. It'd probably be more fun for me not to know if that's a repeat of the shot you used last month, or if she goes after you with a bat every 30 days or so.

I'm probably the biggest jock among your fandom, but I was never into playing baseball. I have a good reason- my vision is terrible (or the ball is too small, as I like to say). I cower and go EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK a lot when I play baseball. Batting is no better.... I'm one of those people who the next pitch always looks better to.

The outfits are too goofy, as well. I'm cute, but I have to kind of work at it. I look good in basketball shorts or a tennis skirt... I look stupid in knickers.

Of course, once I injured my neck... sports are temporarily benched in my life. I'll check back in on this topic once my sister, daughters and I start going to the Cape League games... if I had to lay money down on who she'll end up marrying, I'd bet it on "this year's Bourne Braves shortstop."

She'll get him, too. God made me 5'1", stumpy and dark-haired... she's 5'7", blonde, lithe, and players used to just walk over to us when we were picnicking in the bleachers.

I think she only brings me for

A) food (I always bring a pic-a-nic basket)
or
B) to point out to her which player is most likely to be a big-leaguer and make 40 million dollars.

Either way, only I can turn in a 7 or so paragraph comment on how I don't follow baseball closely enough to do this Monday assignment.

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