23 years

You’re going have to bear with me because I’m not going to talk much about APBA in this article.  I’m going to talk about my wife, Joan. 

You see, it’s our 23rd anniversary today.

Twenty-three years ago today, we were married outside at my parents’ lake.  Shortly afterwards, we went on our honeymoon.  Do you know where we went?  Cooperstown, New York.  Yes, we went to the Baseball Hall of Fame on our honeymoon.  Not only that, she braved the crowds of red and saw the inductions of Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski.  I figured then that she was a keeper.  It was the Tigers-Twins game at the old Tigers Stadium in Detroit a few days later that was the clincher.

My wife is a casual baseball fan at best.  But she supports my love of the game more than I probably deserve.  From the APBA weekends that I’m gone to the Illinois Baseball games I attend to my endless web projects which bring me bring me fulfillment, she gets me.  She puts up with my weirdness while giving our two kids a sense of stability I probably couldn’t. 

So for one day a year, she at least deserves a mention on a blog about dice baseball game. 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

4 Comments:

  1. Congrats to you and Joan and the unsung wives as heroes enduring thorugh our love of the game because after all…it beats fishing….
    I meant it beats doing drugs… yes that’s right, it’s better than doing drugs.

    Wow 23 years. I remember Joan putting up with many of our gatherings ypstairs of the church!

  2. Today my folks celebrate their 46th anniversary. To all you long-married folks, kudos.

  3. I love it, Tom. Congratulations to you and your wife.

    I proposed to my wife in Cooperstown. It’s a special place to us, too.

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