Day 206: Music, Baseball Gear

Posted on | March 25, 2008 |

iTunes — $2.12

• The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
• My Moon My Man by Fiest

Paragon Sports — $44.97
Two pair of Mizuno G3 sliding shorts for The Son.  He likes this brand and model the best of any of the sliding shorts he’s worn.  Unlike most sliding shorts on the market, these are made of 90% cotton.  They have a built-in cup pocket and offer him a comfortable fit.  He ended up wearing these for baseball and basketball last year.  We moved up to a size medium; I hope they won’t be too big and get rejected.  I had a tough time finding a reputable source for these shorts.  I couldn’t find any local stores that stocked them so I had to do some on-line shopping.  Last time I bought them from Baseball Warehouse but they no longer carry them.  I looked at no less than a dozen on-line stores that eventually were rejected because they either 1) were a shell company operating under many different names and didn’t actually physically stock any of their goods, or they 2) charged outrageous shipping fees.  I’ve never purchased from Paragon Sports before but at least they have a physical address and a customer service phone number.  I crossed my fingers and placed my order; I’ll report back if and when I get the shorts.

Local Sports Equipment Store — $216.07
Dick’s Sporting Goods — are you listening?  This is the sale you missed yesterday because of the lack of floor salespeople in your store.  There’s no way of knowing how much I’ll spend on sports equipment in the future, but with two active teens to equip, I think it’s safe to say that I’ll end up spending a few more sheckles before they’re grown and gone.

What was Dick’s loss was the local store’s gain.  The Son and I were very happy with this outing and very happy with the purchases we made.  The only thing left to purchase this season is a new bat.  I’m hoping that we’ll be able to find a used bat at the used equipment store later this week.

We bought:

• baseball uniform pants — $20.96
• Under Armour metal cleats — $83.96
• Mizuno MVP baseball glove — $94.96

edit:  just a little note — the baseball glove was entered into my YNAB Budget* as a Gift: Immediate Family.  Last summer we gave The Son a hypothetical baseball glove for his birthday — it was given in name only because The Son was supposed to pick out what he wanted.  Being the reluctant shopper that he is, he only just got around to wanting to go glove shopping today.  The Mizuno glove he picked out is a beautiful, pre-oiled, nicely broken-in high-quality 12″ leather fielder’s glove.  He fell in love with it because he can fit his oversized hand into it without too much trouble and because, despite buying it just days before his first game, it’s already flexible and supple enough to use — no breaking-in period needed.

Related Posts for Further Reading

• $$: Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Candy & Snow Pants, etc.
• Day 217: Two Tunes and a Trip to the Thrift Store
• Day 205: Clothes, Books, Meds, & Milk
• Day 144: Wendy’s, Lessons, & Clothes
• Day 139: Great Underwear Search of ‘08 (update 2)
• Day 138: Undies and Outers, Speech and Baseball

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