The end of another season of baseball is closing in. As always, it opened on bright hopes and the neon green grass of spring. Long shadows fell across perfect fields as the sun set and the lights came on and the heat of the day slowly evaporated. There was beer. There were hot dogs. Foul balls and home runs. Starters …
I Love Monday
Today is a good day to love BASEBALL even though there is no major league game being played anywhere across the fruited plains today: it’s the All-Star break. What’s so great about baseball? I like that it’s not about violence, which isn’t the case with every sport. The pinnacle of achievement in one sport is to beat your opponent unconscious. …