baseball

"Whatever, good sir, I won't keep a ball hit by an Angels player!"

*A solid majority of Little League dads are not this chill

So THAT'S why they wear helmets in baseball.

A high school baseball coach promised his team that if they won 14 games in a row, they could name his baby. They were not doing well this season so he must have thought it was a long shot. Well, they did it and they want to name him Benjamin Smalls, after two characters from The Sandlot.  

This video was made just before they won that 14th game: 



It seems like mom still has some veto power but they'll be pretty disappointed if she chooses something else now. In fact, apparently David Evans, the writer of The Sandlot dropped by to wish them well. 

There's one on every team. 

At least the parents of the batter can be proud, sliding technique WIN!