Transcript
0:00 Oh to the rightfielder between the dirt and the fence on a grassy plain of time sits a boy in right field with nothing quite on his mind with his dad in the stands wishing he could cheer but at each passing moment it's becoming more cleaner that his son cares not for the score or the ball he should chase he
0:30 cares for the snowcone at the end of the race he's struck out so many times he no longer bothers to try and can't even make it through catch without catching a black eye so the coach moved him out deeper into space for the more athletic kids shored up the base now his dad is left to watch on letting time pass thinking back in my day someone would kick my son's ass but as this thought
1:01 fades away a new one comes in a thought that makes him smile a small subtle grin because with no balls in the sky in nowhere to be his son has found something different to see a world of play made with his imagination and his heart begins to fill with slight admiration though his son may never be the next MVP that's not what this dad really came here to see he came to see his boy no matter how he plays because
1:32 no matter how he does dad loves him a million ways so to hell with the game or the outcome at all the victory is in the father-son snowcone that's why they play ball [Music] you you
Summary
- The boy in right field is disengaged from the game, focused instead on a snowcone.
- The father feels disappointment at his son's lack of competitiveness but begins to shift his perspective.
- The boy has struggled with baseball, leading to his placement in right field away from the action.
- The father reminisces about his own childhood and expectations of toughness in sports.
- Ultimately, the father finds joy in his son's creativity and imagination.
- The relationship between father and son is prioritized over the game's outcome.
- The story emphasizes love and connection over athletic success.