Saturday, April 5, 2008

Baseball bat cases

Baseball is a beloved sport for many Americans. Many young men dream of playing in the professional leagues and some carry this dream well into their golden years. Baseball bat cases are the ideal gift for anyone who loves the sport. You can put collectable bats signed by players or you could even buy baseball bat cases for old bats used by the recipient in years past.

My husband had the dream of becoming a professional baseball player. He did have some talent but not quite enough to take him out of the minor league. Nevertheless, he is quite proud of his accomplishments even though he didn’t take it to the pros. I decided to bring back some of his fond memories of playing by buying baseball bat cases for his little collection.

Most of the baseball bat cases are really simple. I bought one that holds two bats and one that holds a single one as well. I put a couple of his old bats in the double baseball case and the other “lucky” bat in the single container. He was thrilled to see the display and he was even more thrilled with how the baseball bat cases looked in his game room.

Since the baseball bat cases were such a hit (no pun intended), I decided to invest in a different unit that offered a little more. This product is a true beauty. It offers a combination of spaces that allow for a real collection including a bat, ball and an 8 X 10 photograph.

Finding the perfect case was pretty simple but I did have a bit of a challenge filling it with memorabilia. I had a choice between professional items that are signed by his favorite player. This would be an expensive endeavor but well worth the investment. It really doesn’t matter how much it is worth because I don’t think that he would ever sell the contents of the baseball bat cases.

A few months and a few hundred dollars later, I had the perfect collection for the last of his baseball bat cases. I had no idea that he would be relatively mild in his reaction. He was much more excited to get the baseball bat cases that contained his old items that he used to use.

I learned a great lesson about my husband during the whole process of finding and filling baseball bat cases. Memories are much more important than money when it comes to his many experiences with his all-time favorite sport.