After the debate, I watched the last couple of innings of the Phillies’ win over the Dodgers for the National League pennant, and it was a sort of cleansing experience. I’ve grown so tired of this election, it was really nice to watch those grown men jumping up and down and hugging each other, as excited as little boys, when that last foul pop fly was caught.
Sort of restores your faith in human nature, and the eternal verities of American life.
It did for me, anyway.
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Baseball…it’s like watching agriculture without all the drama and action. David
david,you obviously didn’t catch the Red Sox last night.
No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined. ~Paul Gallico
George Will said baseball is a game for brooders and schemers, or something like that.
I much prefer football. It is a faster paced game and just as strategic as is baseball. In football we see the offensive general martial his forces to gain territory and advance against the enemy, capitalizing upon the defenders weaknesses while utilizing his strengths. And it’s done at four downs a clip, with immediate payback for either good play or bad.
Keep your 12 innings. Gimme football.