By Josh (This is the one blog post I hope my wife doesn’t read) :
Let’s be honest, women and men see Valentine’s Day differently. We all know it and that isn’t much of a surprise. What many don’t think about or realize is that baseball fans see Valentine’s Day very different from everyone else.
For the baseball fan Valentine’s Day represents that Spring Training is only days away. We can finally see the light at the end of the miserable tunnel known as the NBA season. (Sorry to all of the NBA fans, all two of you, for this comment. Okay so I’m not really sorry but I feel obligated to say that to both of you.)
Finally the sound of wooden bats, leather gloves and vendors calling out ‘Peanuts, get your peanuts’ is upon us.
Already across the U.S. there are college teams playing games, Little League signups happening everywhere and anxious fans like myself planning out every game we can to watch at the ballpark.
Now I know that Valentine’s Day is still important, my wife reminds me every day about that, so let me assist those non baseball fans in finding the perfect gift for the baseball fan in their life and instructing baseball fans on what not to get their significant other who is not a baseball fan.
Gifts for the Baseball Fan
Tickets – It sounds like a no brainer but do you know how happy getting tickets to a future game can make a baseball fan on Valentine’s Day? Really happy.
Batting Gloves – For those who still have baseball/softball players as their special someone batting gloves are a great gift. Just don’t be surprised if your Valentine thinks that this is an invitation to spend Valentine’s Day at the batting cages.
Pine Tar – Nothing says let’s ‘stick’ together like pine tar.
Flip up sunglasses – Let your special Valentine know that you think they are an amazing ball player, because we all know that only the best players wear the flip up sunglasses.
Gifts not to give your significant other who isn’t a baseball fan
All of the above!
Signed picture of your favorite player – No matter how good you think it looks it isn’t going to be hung in the living room.
Bat – This just seems like common sense because giving someone a weapon as your making them mad is never a good thing.
Baseball Cards – I only say this because watching my wife burn baseball cards right in front of me might make me cry. Especially when she decided to really teach me a Valentine’s day lesson by burning all of my cards.
The bottom line to all of this baseball fans don’t let other baseball fans give bad gifts. Unless we want a good laugh then we will probably encourage bad gifts.