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Even at 9 a.m., the heat was stifling. As the boys stretched and jogged, sweat soaked their hat bands and dripped down their faces, streaking their cheeks with the tell-tale sign of baseball in July.
As they worked through their routine, squeals of joy came from a five-year-old boy who had activated the water features on the nearby spray park. As water filled the large bucket and, predictably, was dumped onto the boy’s head, he yelped again.
Returning attention to the ball diamond, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for my boys. Not only were they working hard in the heat, but they were continually being distracted by the escalating noise of nearby preschoolers and parents (predominantly moms with picnic baskets, books, cell phones and friends) who took up residence on brightly colored towels ringing the spray park’s features.