http://www.allinternetmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/nomar-garciaparra-dreams.jpg notice in the pic. the shades he is wearing.
When I was a little kid, I loved watching Nomar Garciappara and the Boston Red Sox. Nomar was by far my favorite player, and by me still being young and starting to play baseball, I wanted to be just like him. Nomar was known for wearing his flip down sunglasses while playing. He could wear them flipped down during the late evening or when the sun was bothering him, but when he didn't have a use for them, he simply flipped them back up.
By seeing Nomar wear these shades, I thought it would be cool to copy him and get a pair for myself, thinking it would make me play better (which I should have known would have no impact on my play at all). Soon after getting my pair of "flip shades" a few of my friends followed suite by getting a pair. Overall, looking back on how Nomar Garciappara influenced me on getting these rediculous sun glasses, I laugh. My reasoning for getting these shades was absurd, but at the time, it sounded good.
Ahhh yes the famous flip shades. People are heavily influenced by celebrities without a doubt. Kids though, are easily the most effected by these public figures than any other age. I can think of numerous celebrities I wanted to be like when I was 10.
ReplyDeleteI agree celebrities do have a huge impact on kids lives because they always want to be just life them! When I was a kid I wanted to be like all the famous pop stars! Did lots of kids have flip shades when you were little or just your group of friends? The only people I see wearing flip shades now are people like my grandparents so it's funny that they were a big thing when you were little!
ReplyDeleteI remember the flip-shades!! I never got a pair but a few of the kids who liked and played baseball rocked them at my school. I used to want to be like my favorite NFL players when I was ten, and wore football hats, shirts, and jackets. (I was always more of a football guy versus baseball.)
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