Jerry says, 'There is something about baseball that the other sports lack.'


(Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, 7-30-2004 image by Rick Dikeman
From Wikimedia Commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wrigley_field_720.jpg )

I thought about that - could it be the complexity of the shared awareness among team members?
the clockwork elegance of the unfolding of the innings?
the pleasure of being in the stands? (comaraderie, hot dogs, and beer...)
the passion of the fans across distances and decades? (Well - there are other sports that do have this quality.)

There are a number of references to baseball in the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway. A boy and an aging fisherman in Cuba follow the US teams by listening to games on the radio and discussing the plays and the histories and character of the teams. The conversations of these two humble people echo outward from the island, from the book, and leave an enduring impression.