Boys are funny, aren’t they? March Madness is in full swing and the bracket talk around here between my husband and son and his friends is so funny to listen to. Baseball season is also upon us, so we are kind of limboing between being fans of two different sports at once.

The other day my son was on the phone (actually using it to talk, not text, which seemed odd) and he and his friend were alternating between discussing the odds of various basketball teams winning and stats of favorite baseball players. I couldn’t keep up. In fact, I have to think of a mnemonic device just to remember a single phone number, and then I’m lucky if I can even recite it. I still have to look up my sisters number when I call her, and she’s had the same phone number for forever!

It’s almost like boys have a special place in their brain to keep batting averages, percentage free throws made, season all time bests, etc. My son can’t remember that Thursday has been trash day for every day of his life, but if you ask him who was the all time leading base stealer in the MLB in 2009, he can tell you. It’s nuts. …

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