My son, the Bat Boy

My son is so blessed! I took him to a Sacramento Rivercats baseball game this past Monday. (His loving sister gave him 2 tickets that she won from a raffle at the Davis Public Library.) As we were entering the stadium, a lady asked him if he would like to be the honorary bat boy for the game! He got a free cap, ball, shirt, a grand tour of the stadium, and got to announce the official start of the game with, “Let’s play ball!“ He was in heaven, and being a baseball fan myself, I was on cloud 8.5.

I’m always wanting to build courage in this little boy, so I quickly signed their waiver form and gave him some pointers on public speaking! Stand tall, hold the mic firmly, articulate, enunciate, and smile! Take a look at this young lad, addressing thousands of people in the stadium:

At the beginning of the game, I gave him $20 spending money to last the entire night — for food, souvenirs, or even college tuition. By the 3rd inning, he spent half of his funds buying cotton candy (a baseball game tradition for him) and a super large lemonade (he’s a thirsty boy). That left him $10 for souvenirs at the end of the game and wanted to get his sister a gift to thank her for the tickets. (What a good brother!) But when he got to the store, he selected a souvenir bat and some baseball cards…for himself! What a bat boy! I gotta train him to be a good boy next week…