On Luke’s birthday, he and Adam got to be professional baseball players for the day.
The day started with them signing their one day contracts with the team. Per the terms of the contract, they received the following as compensation:
- Six (6) stadium seat tickets to the sold-out Dayton Dragons game
- An authentic Dragons jersey
- A Dragons hat
- A Dragons baseball
- A Dragons bag
- $5 in Baseball Bucks (The exact price of Dippin’ Dots, so the boys were thrilled)
After changing into their hats and jerseys, Luke and Adam got to hang out in the dugout and on the field.
Maggie was thrilled to meet her favorite mascot as soon as she got to the game.
The boys were announced with their players and ran onto the field.
They stayed on the field during the national anthem.
It was so cool to watch and such an incredible experience for them.
After the anthem was over, I went to pick them up and we ran into both mascots on our way to our seats.
The kids’ kindergarten teacher (they all had the same teacher and we adore her) also works for the team’s entertainment department. She hooked Luke up with this special birthday pin.
She asked if Maggie wanted to go on the field between innings to play tug-of-war with the mascots.
Her team lost, but she still got a t-shirt.
It was a super fun day.
A couple of days after the game we got a link to the video I shared and also these baseball cards.
The boys have already asked if they can sign up to try to be picked for the program again next year (and Maggie too, since she’ll be old enough). I’m all for it.