A little boy that played baseball
would always practice but never rest,
because he only wanted to someday play
with the very best.

Then one morning he awoke
to go practice for a game with his team,
but when he arrived at the field
it's grass was no longer green.

It did'nt look in anyway close
to the way it was the day before,
and his team mates were now all different
and there were so many more.

When he was going to take his position
he saw so many team mates that caught his eye,
they were all that of baseball legends
that he was passing by.

He thought how was it even possible
that these greats could be there to play,
because he knew that they were all
the baseball legends that passed away.

He walked up to a player
who he thought might be Babe Ruth,
to get answers to what was happening
and he only wanted the truth.

The player thought that the easiest way
to tell this young boy at the age of eleven,
was to tell him that he over worked his heart
and came to rest in baseball heaven.

To rest is now all the boy could do
because last night he passed away,
but God granted him more than his wish
he could now play with the best everyday.