I ain't chewin' this dumb gum
Yeah, maybe, but 8 year olds are pretty impressionable, dontcha think, W'ON?

What kid at bat doesn't dream about blasting one outta the park, just like Samma Sosa or Barry Bonds. (Who remembers the guy who hit 70 homeruns in '98 any more?)

If hoisting their bat in copycat fashion, or chewing gum, or tapping imaginary mud off their cleats, is going to help them do it (or at least "imagine" doing it), then they will pose and chaw and tap their cleats in private in front of a mirror all day, dontcha think?

Imagining greatness is one of the glories of childhood. Too bad we have to grow up, huh?