Basics

So, after I looked past what it was, I saw what it could be. When I measured it out I realized I had a perfect 50x50 square to work with. 2500 s.f. of possibilities. I remember looking at a piece of paper that I had made some rough sketches on. I had one of those "what-if" moments.

Hmmm...a baseball field? A baseball field. Can I ? Should I even ask? Aww well, lets just see if it's possible first.

I went in, got on the Internet and started searching. Surprisingly, I am the only person I can find that has done just this thing. I was looking for somebody to walk me through the steps, but there is just nothing out there. So, I started playing with numbers. I got the dimensions of an official little league field. Waaayyy too big for my space, so I just shrunk it down. Instead of 60' base paths I tried 20'.

I jotted down the numbers and went outside to make some measurements. It worked perfectly. I could make it fit, while at the same time not being too small to be practical. If I had gone any bigger with my dimensions there wouldn't be enough outfield space to make a real game possible. So, hey what do know...I got it right the first time!

So, now that I knew that it was "possible", I had to get permission to start making it happen. To my great surprise, my wife was just about more enthusiastic than I was. She never liked the backyard anyway, and we had already agrees on tearing out and just putting grass back there. This idea just seemed to click with both of us.

It doesn't happen often that we agree with each other this much...but it is magic when we do.