For the past 5 1/2 years, we've been grooming Ty as a Yankee fan. Last year, he really caught "the fever" (which was pretty unfortunate, considering they didn't even make the post season!) There were a few nights that he even fell asleep in bed listening to the game on the radio. So cute.
This season, he knows the players' positions, numbers, and obnoxious Sterling-isms. Almost every morning, he races his sister outside to get the paper. He flips through the sections until he finds the most beloved 6-letter word in the english language, "SPORTS". Then he skims through to find the appropriate logo and reads the score. Moods are made and crushed based on the score from the night before.
We've noticed a slight, well...change...in Ty fan-ship since around May. Apparently, he's discovered (much to our dismay) that there are OTHER teams that people root for. It seems, in a 5-year old mind, that it's perfectly acceptable to root for the Mets, Cubs, Dodgers, AND the Yankees. Hey, at least the Red Sox aren't on the list (sorry Helen). When questioned about this new found "all inclusive love", I was told that 1) Jack Veenema (school friend) likes the Mets, 2) Sam Steffe (neighbor friend) likes the Cubs, and 3) this is where I wonder where I've gone wrong...the Dodgers have Manny Ramirez.
6 comments:
hahahaha! too cute! what about the fighting phils?????? :)
That is so cute. My husband is also a Yankees fan and some of his family are Mets fans so they have fun teasing each other.
ok Amy, Ty can cheer for the Mets. Even the Cubs but please cheering for Manny? Might take a few long talks with Daddy and Grandpa and anyone else who he'll listen to that as a Yankee fan that just doesn't work from a logic stand point.
LOL at him cheering for the Dodger's because they have Manny!
I love that he's so excited about sports and baseball - I can't wait until my boys are at that point... with the Red Sox of course ;)
i love that your son looks at the sports section every morning....reminds me of my nephew....he's 26 now and still grabs that paper every morning to see how his teams faired...
~colllen
[life long phillies fan!!]
Well Amy, at least it's not the Red Sox. My parents are Yankee and Met fans. Oh well, I can't tell my Mom she's rooting for the wrong team. After all....she is older than me and we were brought up to respect our elders...LOL. Yanks rule!
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