my dad has ALWAYS been an avid ball player... baseball happens to be his favorite. daughter after daughter after daughter... cheerleader after cheerleader after cheerleader... finally a ball player in the family! i played softball all growing up... and let's just say, that puts the sparkle in my dad's eye! 
of all things... since i'm the coach of a ESAB (the team i started in '07) i finally got to play on a team WITH my dad! we won the game of course... he pitched and i played 3rd... play ball!
