Jeff Bagwell’s daughters throw out first pitch
Former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell’s No. 5 jersey was retired on Sunday, August 26 during a pregame ceremony. During his speech, Jeff spoke to his wife, Ericka, and daughters, Blake, 4, and Bryce, 6, saying,
People say you have no idea about love until you have a family. I cansit here today and say that is absolutely true. I can’t express to youhow much you guys mean to me. You make my life a joy every single day.
Blake (left) and Bryce helped out during the ceremony by throwing out the first pitch to their dad.
Source: Houston Astros
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August 28th, 2007 at 8:47 am
tsk. tsk. tsk. the way those little girls are dressed . . .
August 28th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Wow, what a wildly inappropriate shirts for his daughters! I have no idea who this person is but his daughters are six and four going on 25. I guess I am an old fuddy-duddy.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:21 am
I totally agree..those shirts are definitely not even remotely age appropriate!
August 28th, 2007 at 9:34 am
My thoughts, exactly! From the long spiral-curls to halter tops, to tight white pants, everything about their outfits are “wildly inappropriate!”
August 28th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I’m not an old fuddy-duddy and i think the samre thing. Why not let kids be kids and wear kids’ clothes? Why would you want to dress your kid in something appropriate for clubbing? Very weird. I’ll take Suri Cruise’s French babydoll dresses over these girls’ tight jeans and halter tops anyday.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:48 am
m, I’m 25 and was thinking the same exact thing. Halter tops just do not look right on kids.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:12 am
I agree with all the comments. My first thought was, “gosh, little girls should not be dressed in sexy clothing!” I have two daughters as well and as long as there are pedophiles in the world, they will not be dressed this way.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:13 am
I think they are beautiful girls!
August 28th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Cute little girls though, either way!
August 28th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Gorgeous girls but Aiiiyaii at the way they are dressed.. it makes me cringe! They make halter tops that are more appropriate for little girls and those pants are just too I dunno… tight or something.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Didn’t notice the girls’ blouses but did wonder why Jeff is wearing a shirt made of Marie Antoinette’s curtains?
August 28th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Wow. I’m glad I’m not the only one. I usually think people are overreacting but not this time. Those tops, tight jeans and hairstyles for such little girls creeps me out. And this is coming from someone who see nothing wrong with a cute two piece for a little girl.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Are they 4 and 6, or 24 and 26? That’s the type of outfit I might wear for a night on the town, not as a preschooler. If this is how they’re dressed at this age, I can’t imagine what they’ll be dressed like as teenagers. Daddy’ll be sorry then.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:38 am
The girls are cute… but this is the kind of shirt I’m wearing on a night out, and I’m 27!
August 28th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Thank you Lynn! I came onto this message board thinking that all the comments would be on how gorgeous those girls are, and am shocked that all anyone has to say is that their clothes are innapropriate. They are not parading around naked or anything, so chill out!There is absolutly nothing wrong with the jeans nor their hairstyles. Yes there are pedophiles in the world, but they pray on young kids anyway, whether or not they are wearing revealing clothes. I have 2 daughters myself, and I see nothing wrong with halter tops.
Anyway, I think the girls are absolutly adorable.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
You know, I’ve seen tasteful halters on kids… I have a couple for my daughter that are from the Children’s Place and gymboree.
However, she only wears them in the hottest days of the summer when we’re spending the day at the park… and they certainly don’t look like those halters.
Those are pretty revealing halters… not as much for the younger one, but for the older.
either way… they are also too snug and pairing them with tight white jeans like that just doesn’t work for me.
the ones I have for my daughter are jersey knit style and really don’t seem much different from a tank top except that they have a halter style straps.
An appropriate halter covers a girl the same way a regular shirt would, just with the straps going around the neck.
Otherwise, it’s not appropriate for a child.
These girls look like little Britney Spears clones (from her better days).
I would never let my daughter leave the house like that…. and my husband would be even more restrictive.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I guess I don’t see why everyone’s freaking out about the girls outfits. I’d much rather see those shirts on girls of that age than teenagers, when the teenagers will have more chances for wardrobe malfunctions.
Then again (and not that anybody said this in above comments) I don’t subscribe to the theory if you let them start young they’ll continue when they get older. I subscribe to the theory that if you do it when they’re little they’ll get it out of their systems and it won’t be such a big deal when they’re in their teen years. At least, that’s how it’s been in my experience.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Maybe they dress em like that cause they gave em boys names
August 28th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Really cute little girls! Dont like how they are dressed.
Makes me wonder though if they wanted boys lol
Blake and Bryce ? Aren’t those boys names? Oh well they are still very cute =) Just dont like the names for them.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
WOW you guys are uptight. I see nothing wrong with the girls clothes. The halter tomps show nothing but shoulders!! No chest, butt, or legs showing. What the hell is the problem?? The outfits are Western themed. When I was a little girl (I’m 23) I LOVED dressing up. My mom picked her battles and let me. That doesn’t mean she let me go out looking like a stripper. I didn’t grow up to be a stripper either. I was a well behaved teen and I am now a responsible adult. (with an extroardinary sense of fashion I might add) Chances are, those little girls look up to their mother, they see her dress up and get ready and they want to. Those out fits are adorable in my oppinion. I don’t see the problem. Unless you’re muslim or something.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Susan.. You are funny! HA
August 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I was thinking the shirts were awful too! I only looked at the comments to see if others said anything. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Not age appropriate at all!
August 28th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I was shocked at the tops and not so much the jeans. I’ve seen little girls wear jeans like that, just not with halter tops like that. I know they have halter tops for little girls and such, but I don’t know, the halter tops they have on–the style of the neckline, more so– just seems way too mature for them. That’s just me.
August 28th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I see nothing wrong with halter tops for little girls. They wear less at the beach anyway. I do think that these halter tops are inappropriate though. I have never seen any cut this way before. The top on Bryce looks too small IMO. Beautiful girls either way.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Funny, the first think I noticed was that the two Girls were named Bryce and Blake. It bothers me to no end why folks give girls boys names. That hard up for…a boy? And the fact he’s a sports figure solidifies this notion.
The two look exactly like two little Fergies, LOL!
August 28th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Love their names. Adorable girls. Clothing – absolutley AWFUL! They look like tiny strippers. I teach fifth grade at a public school and these tops would not be allowed. I much prefer classy to trashy.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
I agree that the tops are inappropriate. So much gets communicated through clothing. It is sad that clothes like this exist for girls- same thing with t-shirts with provocative slogans on them. It can be dangerous to be naive with these issues in the world we live in. Why take a chance?
August 28th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I think the halter tops are inappropriate. I think thats the wrong with today kids…everyone wants to dress them up like mini adults. Halter tops is not something children should be wearing.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Their mom is a former beauty queen from Texas so I’m not surprised to see these girls in tops that are too grown up for them.
I’m sorry but they look like made up dolls. I see beauty pageants in their future.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Like my husband just said, they’re not you’re kids, what do you all care? If their boobs were sticking out thats one thing but only their shoulders are showing. If the straps were just straight up, would there be such a fuss?
August 28th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I think that the outfits are cute! I guess I’m way at the other side. I hate it when parents dress their kids in clothes that has cartoon characters on them or Disney clothing, but that’s just how I feel.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Those cloths the kids were wearing, are simply wrong. what kind of mom would put there beautiful kids in trashing outfits like that.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
The girls are beautiful. I don’t think there is anything inappropriate about the outfits. I think the older girl could use a larger size but other than that the outfits are adorable.
I’m pretty sure a pedophile would look at little girls regardless of what they were wearing. They are sick people, it’s not the little girls clothes that make them that may, it is their sick twiasted minds.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
I think they look completely adorable:)
August 29th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I think they are as cute as they want to be. It’s not like they are showing off anything. I mean there is nothing to show off. Too many people here have a sick mentality (imo) to even suggest that little girls this age can possibly look sexual. gross. and one person (a teacher, no less) said they look like strippers. ok. lovely.
August 29th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
It’s not that the people commenting here have sick minds…
we are saying that it is necessary to do all you can to protect children from people in our society who have sick minds. Anyway, there are even worse examples out there. How many shirts are there in the stores with phrases such as “naughty” on them…. this is awful and should not be allowed.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:57 am
This cracks me up. When Nicole Richie was wearing that gray dress in NYC where you could see not just her nipples but her entire areolas, the board was full of people applauding her style and calling any nay-sayers prudes. “It’s just a breast” was repeated over and over.
Now you’ve got two Houstonian little girls, ages 4 and 6 (not 10 or 12 or 16) wearing very Texan jeans with very Texan hair, and people are going on and on about it. (I’m from Houston, btw). It’s how half of us dress. To the one who said those are only worn on really hot days, welcome to Houston 300 days of the year. Minute Maid Park has a retracting roof that they leave open on most good weather days.
The girls look precious and Bagwell looks like a doting dad in the photo.