There are few things I enjoy as much on a summer afternoon as a good baseball game. I admit to being more of a cultural fan than someone who has the slightest idea what the infield fly rule actually is, as I tend to be there more for the atmosphere and excitement than the actual game play. But sipping a cool drink under the warm sun, watching nine innings go by is one of the best ways I can think of to spend time in the nice weather.
And I have been to exactly two games since my daughter was born.
Part of it is my team actually ceased to suck there for awhile, so my season-ticket-holding connections were avidly seeking more tickets instead of trying to palm off the ones they had. But the major reason is that the nuances of America's pastime are pretty much lost on my three-year-old, and I am sure any three-year-old. And after spending the one game we took her to as a baby in our sunbaked seats terrified of heatstroke and blistering sunburn, this summer doesn’t look good either with a new baby.
Which is why I think the minor league Brockton Rox well, rock for this idea: the team has converted one of its luxury suites to a "Rox-A-Bye Baby" suite where parents can go with their babies and still enjoy the game. Now, this is the most minor of minor leagues, and the team isn't even affliated with a major league team, so the luxury suite might be a room with wall to wall carpeting and a window fan, but still. As insanely expensive as tickets to major leauge games are, I'd like to see more teams adopt this sort of thing. Does your local ballpark do anything special for parents of young kids, and would it make you more likely to go to a game if it did?
