My favorite movie, hands down, is Field of Dreams. As a baseball fan, I suppose that makes sense. But it’s really not about the game on the diamond, as much as it is about having a love for the game, and what it represents. It’s the kind of movie that, if you buy into theContinue reading “A double play of art and baseball”
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An old poem made new again
April 26, 2012 was National Poem in Your Pocket day. I wasn’t aware of this until I saw something on Facebook about it. After all, that’s what grabs our attention anymore, isn’t it? I’m not always a follower of this kind of thing, but I wanted to participate in this. It was probably the poetryContinue reading “An old poem made new again”
The essence of baseball
Without the number nine, there is no baseball. There’s nine players on a team, nine innings in a game, and without those two you components you have some other game going on besides baseball. I once memorized Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s classic “Casey at the Bat” for a presentation in class, and the first line isContinue reading “The essence of baseball”
Blue Batting Helmet 