Certain songs remind me of times that I used to play in competitive sports. On the way to games, I would listen to the same 3 or 4 songs over an over again to get me hyped up for the game. I would change up the songs about once a month. When I hear that song on the radio, it takes me back to a team, or even a specific game that I played in. In high school sports, I had my own walk up songs, so I vividly remember walking up to the plate in each game. Stronger, Headstrong, Faint, and Till I'm Gone, were all walk up songs that I had in high school. When I hear them on the radio, I can connect to a time in my life. Not just in sports, but on a personal level as well. It is cool how songs can trigger both sports memories and times of your life.

   My first sports memories are triggered by smell and sight more than listening to a song. The smell of the dugouts was not a good one, but a distinct smell that could take me back to a time when I played ball. Sight is a big thing that triggers my early memories as well. I still remember the very first baseball field that I played on. It is close to my house, so I see it often. If I see a field that I do not play on often, I will usually remember the game that was played or have a fond memory of something that happened. Whenever I passed by my high school baseball field in the summer, I looked back on the season. I remembered the good and the bad, while feeling weird that I won't be playing there anymore.