This is me all dressed up for my travel hockey team back in the 50s, tie required for road games.
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This is me and my brother getting ready for a road trip with the baseball travel team.
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Actually, now that I think about it we never had to go too far to play ball.
Back into the travel team hockey season with the gson...the prodigy (he'll tell you he only plays cuz his mom makes him). Went to Buffalo for the week end a couple week ends ago...motel and the works (9 yr olds), going to the 1,000 Islands this week end (another motel week end) for another tournament. Several other games a couple of hours away at 8-9 a.m. Welcome to youth hockey...and oh, bring your 401K. This youth hockey thing (not restricted to) is absolutely nuts. Should call it Big Bass hockey, parents swallow the whole pitch hook, line, and sinker. I just don't get it and I'm awfully glad it wasn't as it is today when I was a kid when it comes to youth sports (both of us played three sports) it would have made me very uncomfortable to think my parents were paying that much for me to play ball. D-in-law (nothing about her I like) is all about it though, wouldn't take long to hear all about her being a hockey mom and how her son is going to get one of those hockey schollies if you ever met her (wouldn't recommend it). Son just sits back and lets 'em do their thing...probably better off that way. The whole show is pretty crazy all in all.
All that said, I wish I had been around hockey as a kid. Super cool game and not much question in my mind I'd have loved playing it. It's cool watching those kids play looks like a ton of fun....don't need all the expense that goes along with it though.