Reid Baseball

🏟️ 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚. 𝘼 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

Some of the most meaningful moments in baseball have very little to do with the final score.

Papá grew up going to St. Louis Cardinals games with Abuelo, Abuela, and Tia Jojo—days at the ballpark that created memories lasting a lifetime.

Years later, the great game brought those generations together again.

Papá, Liam, Lila, Abuelo, and Abuela headed to St. Louis for Liam and Lila’s second-ever Major League Baseball game—and the chance for Papá to share something that was such a special part of his own childhood.

We stayed overlooking Busch Stadium and the Gateway Arch, waking up to two unmistakable symbols of St. Louis outside our window.

Then came game day.

🌭 Bratwurst and nachos
💥 Seeing and hearing a broken bat—an instant fascination
🙌🏼 Watching a home run leave the yard
🐦 Meeting Fredbird and receiving a stuffed version as the stadium giveaway—our new best friend
👣 Running the bases after the game
❤️ And a Cardinals victory

But the best part wasn’t any one of those moments.

It was who we shared them with.

Baseball connects people—parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, past and present. Experiences that were once part of Papá’s childhood became part of Liam and Lila’s childhood, too.

From Busch Stadium and the Gateway Arch, to the crack of a broken bat, to running the same bases where Major Leaguers play, it all became another piece of our family’s baseball story.

Someday, the home run, final score, and even the broken bat may fade a little.

But being there together—Papá, Liam, Lila, Abuelo, and Abuela?

Those are the stories we’ll tell forever.

Different generations. Same family. Same game. New memories.

That’s the beauty of baseball.

⛰️ 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙪.

There are some experiences you know you’ll carry with you forever.

Standing together at Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, alongside Grandpa Don — 90 years young — is certainly one of them.

We had the opportunity to share the game along the way, but this experience became about so much more than baseball.

❤️ 𝟵𝟬 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣.

Having the opportunity to coach alongside Grandpa Don was incredibly special.

To share that space together — on a different continent, in a different language, with a group of young Peruvian children — is something I’ll always treasure.

At 90, he didn’t simply come along to watch. He got involved. He engaged. He interacted with the kids. And he did it all with the energy, curiosity, and smile of the youthful man he continues to be.

More than five decades separate us, but on this day we were simply two coaches sharing the space and sharing the experience together.

I am VERY grateful for this one.

🌎 𝙎𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡.

Different backgrounds. Different experiences. Different languages.

But through the game, we connected.

We played, laughed, learned, built relationships, and shared an experience that we will always remember.

That’s the power of this great game — bringing people together. 🤝🇵🇪

👀 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙩. 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙩. 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙩.

A few tennis balls and a chance to try something new.

Working on hand-eye coordination, tracking and reactions — some of the building blocks that eventually lead us into baseball.

With a group experiencing the game for the first time, the biggest thing was simply giving them a chance to try, learn, and have fun doing it.

Keep it simple. Keep it fun. Keep them smiling.