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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is probably viewed as anti-American but I never wanted my boys to be good in sports.  Of course I wanted them to have fun outside but my experiences with high school and college jocks was never positive nor was what I read about parents of kids in competitive sports.  I never wanted them to fall in love with something they were simply not good enough to do professionally and encounter that disappointment so young.

So what happened?  How did I end up with two college-recruited baseball players?  Both of my boys loved baseball more than life itself from the time they were two-years-old.  Watching baseball, reading about baseball and playing baseball.  They were born that way and DH and I had no choice but to support their passion and put all the time and money we could associated with raising an ball player.  I doubt either will make it to the major leagues but at least they both are getting great college educations and hopefully will be ready to deal with the disappointment of not making it.

I wish both had loved a different path.  I hate to think that their first life goal was crushed at 22.   [/quote]

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