If you're involved with travel softball, you know these 12 things are true.
1. You're getting a Frogg Togg.
Unless you want to pass out, you've made a new best friend...a Frogg Togg. You might even have five or six.
2. You'll need lots of gas money.
You're going miles and miles away from your home. And when you're in the new community, you're going from hotels, to ballparks and restaurants.
3. You'll have parents more competitive than the kids.
The stands will be loud and someone will be thrown out. It doesn't happen all the time, but the stands will give you a good laugh.
4. You'll have a favorite hotel.
Which hotel has your favorite breakfasts, beds, and swimming pools? You'll have a go-to hotel. Or you're going where your teammates are!
5. You'll bring your own chairs instead of using the bleachers.
You know you want front row seats.
6. You'll know just about every restaurant in America.
No matter how big your cooler is, you're going to all the restaurants.
7. You'll make friends with the refs. You'll make enemies with the refs.
They are human and so are you.
8. You'll be sunburned.
Bring sunscreen, but you will still get burned somewhere.
9. The players' throats will be hurting from all the cheers.
Let's go! Crank it, baby!
10. Your daughters will grow in ways you never knew they could.
They'll learn life lessons in so many ways.
11. You'll make an extended family that you'll remember forever.
Your teammates are more than teammates.
