Baseball

Aaron and I have taken to playing a version of baseball with the neighborhood kids around us. Obviously, the kids cannot typically afford gloves, or bats, or other materials that would make playing baseball, actually playing baseball. Instead, the kids use a ball of crumpled up paper, wrapped tightly in tape, as a ball, and a wooden stick as a bat. The bases are improvised—whatever is lying around usually gets thrown in. We have to play in the street because green places in Estelí are few, far, and nowhere in between. This causes problems for us. Whenever a car passes we have to stop the game to allow them to pass. Sometimes I feel as if we spend more time waiting then actually playing.
The kids are great. They come to our door at all hours of the day and ask us to play. We usually agree; it is fun for both Aaron and I to get out and play. I am glad that we are getting involved in our own community. It has given me an idea as well. I would love to start a community sports program down here. These kids don’t have much and it would be wonderful to have the opportunity and give them something. I know I loved playing sports. I felt like I was a part of something and I had a ton of fun. I would love to help spread that to these kids.