Sunflower Seeds have Taken Over the World of Baseball!

Today was going to be my 10 year olds’ last baseball game.  It was cancelled…due to heavy rain and flooding fields…again.  With all this rain we may be working on an ark this weekend, but that’s a whole different topic.

What I want to write about is sunflower seeds.  With shells.  Over the last two years they have literally taken over the baseball players, parents and coaches lives, specifically during baseball season.  I worked the concession stand recently and they were one of the most popular items.  Big bags of sunflower seeds with flavors like dill, ranch, bacon (yes bacon) salt and vinegar and of course, plain.

I have to admit, I am very annoyed by these nuts and the craziness that they cause.  I mean, you literally cannot go out on the field to play or coach third base without stuffing you mouth first.  I’ve watched parents and kids have a contest on how far they can spit the shell.  Kids are fighting over them in the dugout.  Parents are “talking” with them…I can’t understand what they are saying.  They are all over the car, in pockets, I find them in the wash and when I clean out the lint of the dryer.

Although annoying, I admit I also find it comical.  I have no interest in them myself, but let’s say I’m happily annoyed that sunflower seeds symbolizes the start of baseball season, Spring (yes!), warmth, sunshine and longer days.  And watching my kids Play Ball!