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Originally Posted by sterlingice
And it should damn well start in Cincinnati
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Absolutely.
I am currently reading a collection of essays by Roger Angell, one of the best baseball writers of all time and here's what was said in the intro by Richard Ford:
"The game offers regular-sized humans performing oversized, occassionally glorious feats with grace and precision, all of it viewable in normally nice weather, pretty surroundings, and in real time....Meanwhile, the game's nature doesn't change much over a lifetime but maintains its casual, elemental sturdiness reminiscent of pastoral, patriotic origins."
I am always happy when baseball season arrives. It may not be the most exciting sport, esp. televised, but it is a welcomed change of pace after a season of football 'roid rages. Baseball has truly marked the time when it begins in the newness of spring.