Kids are perceptive

I HATE how he always looks back at the umpire, I thought he could hit? Why is he always trying to draw walks…

I would think Rodney or Fuentesaurus would be the ones to scare little kids. Maybe Kendry too…unfortunately we haven’t been seeing much of him lately.

I’ve had a rough week and really needed the laughs.

+1

Sounds like you’ve got a smart cookie on your hands. Does she have any insights on Matsui? How ’bout the new guys?

She needs to make a call to Reagins today.

She’s adorable and you are clearly doing a nice job of parenting/recruiting.

Gets harder to know when to laugh and when to correct as they grow up. My 12-year old surfing, shortstop playing son now turns to me and straightfaces a “Dude, who neutered Godzilla?” when Matsui strikes out.

is Godzilla a dragon, or a dinosaur?

Q: What happens after brandon wood bats?
A: It’s the other teams turn to bat

that was how she answered it

Cherish that innocence as long as you can. It disappears far too soon.

Though not quite as advanced as your daughter. She has her favorite players, but likes to give them funny names. My favorite of her’s is “Matsui-ui-ui”.

Our problem came at Spring Training this year, Angels vs. Rangers. Vladdy came to the plate. “Why Big Daddy wearing blue daddy?” she asked. I did my best to explain, but ended in a meltdown. There I am, with a screaming 3-year-old, crying because Big Daddy is “not wearing a red shirt.” Priceless.

Don’t even bother to ask her about the Angels jacket I picked up for her. Her response, “Daddy, ’dis not my Angels jacket! ’Dis my Scioscia jacket”. Once again, priceless.

Is absolutely priceless. I think everyone both young and old says “uh oh” in unison whenever he comes into the game hahaha.

I have a 4 year old daughter too and I’m trying to get her more into baseball. She doesn’t have much patience though for watching for more than a few minutes at a time. She does like going to the games though.

oh, and your daughter is beautiful!

I have a daughter who is almost 4 and a son who just turned 2 and I can totally relate. My daughter doesnt want to watch the angels anymore because they keep losing… although she asks me almost everyday if the angels won or lost. My son yells at the players- particularly wood, abreu and matsui- to swing while he whips his blue plastic bat around and screams “do it like this! SWING and smack!”

My daughter is only 8 months, but she watches intently. We think she likes the red and white. Her room is decorated red and white. We jokingly say Napoli is her favorite because it seems like she always focuses really hard when he’s up.

So, my favorite was her Jeff Mathis comment. “Why is he catching?” Basically the same as a number of my HH posts early this season, but in fewer words.

Ever.

Just kidding. Great post.

Your daughter understands baseball and is way too adorable. You must be proud.

must be the sexy chins.

and you can quote me.

Your little girl is as cute as a button! She’s even cuter than our kitten (see avatar), and that’s going some.

I also have a 4 year-old, but all she asks is “Where’s John Lackey?”

What baseball is all about.
My kids were both brought up on the Halos, but your girl is really sharp bro.

Kids pick up a lot of what their parents say and do, however, so be careful when an opposing team gets the better of us!

Your daughter is simply adorable, and very very smart.

She should be glad she doesn’t get to stay up late for the end of most Angels games.

I don’t know you but I think I already love you and your family. =)

“Fuentes is doing good… Did Mike Scioscia tell him to throw strikes?”
I said, “Mike Butcher is the pitching coach and he probably told him to.”
“Oh..(look of amazement on her) maybe he should have told him before.”

She’s officially smarter than Jim Hendry, and the Cubs are paying him something like $3M a year. Put her to work for a season or two and the college fund is taken care of.