When I took my kid the first time, we waited in line for 2 hours just so he could get a ‘graph from “Norm Norm.” He was 2 at the time and I swore it’d be awhile before I took him again. The last few times I’ve gone, we were sure to sit in the stands early so we got to the front of the line (with my bro-in-law, not my son). Once the lines started, yeah, if you’re at the front of the line it only takes a half hour or so to make it through. But woe to you if you’re standing in the back of the line for several hours.

The lines for the fielding practice are usually long, as are the lines for the batting cages. Running the bases gets backed up for a bit, but there are several lulls where you can jump right in. There are other activities that don’t have too long of a wait.

This is where I’m still waffling whether or not to take my kid. It’d be fun for him, but there is a lot of waiting around. I’m sure he’d grab the mike during the Q/A session at least once or twice and ask some crazy question, so it might be fun to just hang there. At the same time, the selfish part of me wants the flexibility to just hang with people without having to worry about whether or not he’d be able to handle what we want to do…