"The minute the kids hit middle school, to be intelligent is not an admirable quality."

I went up to them, about the same time the two kids from over the fence hit the yard.

"One kid hit it 15 yards past me," he said.

"Some kids would hit and push me to get garbage."

It is not the way coaches teach kids to hit.

The baby boom came on strong, but the company wasn't going to feel it until those kids hit kindergarten.

I remember at 5 years old crying to my mom because one kid from the neighborhood hit me.

"In 16 games this season, eight different kids have hit home runs," the coach said.

When the kids hit seven or eight years old, we drag them to piano lessons.

"And sometimes people got mad because it could be like 5 or 10 minutes before a kid hit the ball."