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What it means to be a daddy...

When you catch a foul ball - the first one you ever have - at a MLB game, and are so excited to share it with your child...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4479580

...and she throws it back.  What can you do -- give her a big hug and remember that there are more important things in life.

The look on his face is classic, but when his little girl realized she goofed and felt bad he immediately went into protective daddy mode -- that just made my day.  Precious.  They ended up getting several replacement baseballs, and a bunch of media attention, to boot, so it ended up even better than he could have imagined, but I am proud of him for having his priorities right.

Posted: 09-17-2009 12:07 by Chris | with no comments
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