Ask just about any young boy what he wants to be when he grows up and the answer will likely involve being an elite athlete – usually football or baseball – or an astronaut.
My youngest son deviates slightly from these typical career ambitions as his dream is to be a professional skateboarder that moonlights as [...]

Sports play a huge role in my life and that of my family as well.
There are the times we spend an afternoon at the ballpark and days where the hours just melt away while we play catch in the yard. Of course, being so involved with sports makes it difficult when your kids tell [...]

Last night my son participated in the third night of tryouts for the traveling baseball team that will compete next spring. While watching these young boys give their best effort, I noticed something that I had never really paid much attention to before.
Parenting has become the most competitive adult sport.
You might think this sounds [...]

One of the advantages to having a flexible schedule at work is that it affords you the opportunity to spend a day at the ballpark with your family.
As part of my son’s PONY Little League season that recently concluded, all of the kids were given vouchers for free tickets to a Chicago White Sox game. [...]

While attending SOBCon08, I had a nice conversation with Jeff Sable from Chitika where we chatted about quite a few family activities, including the appeal of attending a minor league baseball game.
As summer is approaching, I am getting the itch to get the kids out to the ballpark to enjoy a baseball game. Given [...]

Being a Chicago White Sox fan, I’ve been interested in the recent “controversy” surrounding the team – which surprisingly isn’t about Ozzie Guillen’s recent tirade that would have made Lee Elia proud.
No, this controversy is about something else entirely.
While mired in a six game losing streak where the team’s offense has essentially disappeared, someone on [...]