If you ask my wife what the most annoying thing about is, she would say my addictive personality... that seems to refocus every couple of months. See, I am a collector of things. The "things" are mostly sports related, but I have drifted into other areas here and there. However, the majority of my collections have dealt with sports. I was once so into collecting 49ers game used jerseys that I owned 49ersgamers.com and BrentJones84.com to help me build my collection. I had everything from a Steve Young game used jersey all the way down to Harris Barton game used cleats. Before that I was collecting Cubs memorabilia and after that I was collecting the NFL franchise in Washington D.C. (I am a fan, but I hate the name...) game used gear. Why am I posting about this now? Because I think I have found my mecca. A place where my love of sports and memorabilia and the love of my daughters has collided. And that mecca is Minor League Baseball. We have been to four game in the past three weeks and it has been like a little piece of heaven every time. They love it... probably because of the 10 gallon lemonade glass they always get, but they love it so who cares. We have been so lucky at the games, getting balls every time and even walking away with a game used bat from a game. I also developed a relationship with the President of the local booster club and I am going to rework their website for them.
If you have never been to a Minor League Baseball game then you are missing out. The seats are cheap, they have stuff to entertain the kids, and the players are young men chasing their dreams, so they play with passion and are happy that you are there to watch them.
I don't know if this will last, but deep in my soul I hope this is the start of something we will share for life.
