Obsessed much?

It's a fact - my children...well....the boys....are obsessed with baseball. I'm so used to it, that I even find myself daring to believe that it is normal, however my many conversations with friends indicate otherwise! A usual day in our household starts like most......the kids wake up, get up, come downstairs and turn on the TV. The wierdness begins when one of them pulls up the DVR list, and then selects one of the following : Prime 9, baseball tonight or the recorded game that went on past bed-time from the night before. They spend the next 30 minutes or more soaking up all the baseball facts/plays/wins/losses that they can, until the meanie-momster hits the off-switch and declares it to be breakfast time! The youngest doesn't always last the entire duration of the baseball show - he's bent on getting outside to work on his swing, or have an imaginary baseball game in the backyard, so still in his jammies, he ventures out, with a running commentary going on in a whisper. Breakfast is usually accompanied by shuffling of baseball cards, and discussions about what healthy athletes should eat in order to keep their bodies big and strong.....Now that it's summer, the lack of schedule essentially means that we could be doing a lot or a little....but it seems that no matter where we end up, baseball enters into the equation! At the pool, they worked out "pool baseball", where one would hit a wiffle ball in, then jump in a swim to an imaginary homeplate, while the other swam or dove for the ball! Any park is a prime spot for throwing, catching, hitting, fielding. Right now, we are in the midst of all-stars, so a practise schedule is what directs our week.....bless him, my older one is at a loose end if ever we are granted "an off day", and any opportunity to get in some extra batting or get to the field early, and he is on it!
Finally, it gets to the end of the day....the boys are showered, tucked in, lights are out and the final "goodnight" spoken. I pull their door nearly closed, and listen a little to hear their chit-chat as they settle down........usually the oldest begins to quiz the youngest on a random baseball question.....like which short stop in the american league he considers the "best".....or maybe he will begin a lecture on the team that they just faced in the all star tournament, detailing their strengths and weaknesses. They end the day as it began : BASEBALL ALL THE WAY!