After our slow pitch game Sunday a couple of my teammates were talking about bats - the ones they've bought recently, the ones they want, and how they "aren't going to buy anymore" for a while. One of the guys compared his bat buying habit to me and my "14 gloves". I said, "14?! No no, no, no. It's way more than 14."
He thought he was exaggerating. I said I didn't know if I should be offended (that he thought I had only 14), or embarrassed and disgusted with myself (for having way more than 14). Sitting here at my desk in the basement surrounded by a tremendous amount of clutter, I can SEE 15, about 1/2 of which I have used, or would. The rest are cheapies I've picked up for loaners or to sell to PIAS (who had no used gloves this summer), or too small, too old, need repair, etc. The 15 I can see don't include the 2 in my bat bag, 1 in the batpack, 6 or so in the duffel bag behind me, more loaners in another bag, 2 GGE 1st base mitts, the 4-6 T-ball gloves I've picked up for my 2 yr old granddaughter and her month old brother, and probably at least another dozen I can't see - all of which are within 6 feet of my chair. Then there's 1 in my truck, a bunch of old ones in the closet upstairs, and 3-4 loaners at the church field.
I might have a bigger problem than my friend with his bats.
He thought he was exaggerating. I said I didn't know if I should be offended (that he thought I had only 14), or embarrassed and disgusted with myself (for having way more than 14). Sitting here at my desk in the basement surrounded by a tremendous amount of clutter, I can SEE 15, about 1/2 of which I have used, or would. The rest are cheapies I've picked up for loaners or to sell to PIAS (who had no used gloves this summer), or too small, too old, need repair, etc. The 15 I can see don't include the 2 in my bat bag, 1 in the batpack, 6 or so in the duffel bag behind me, more loaners in another bag, 2 GGE 1st base mitts, the 4-6 T-ball gloves I've picked up for my 2 yr old granddaughter and her month old brother, and probably at least another dozen I can't see - all of which are within 6 feet of my chair. Then there's 1 in my truck, a bunch of old ones in the closet upstairs, and 3-4 loaners at the church field.
I might have a bigger problem than my friend with his bats.
