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Old 09-10-2013, 06:54 PM   #3
Déjà Bru
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Originally Posted by The Wolf View Post
I'm starting to get into that site, thanks to you.

EDIT: Heh, this I like:
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Some silly fools call baseball's season too long, the day-to-day grind too much to keep up with. We'll leave them to enjoy their once-a-week football contests, three hours of pent-up fury unleashed on the gridiron. Or their sporadic basketball and hockey schedules, about as comprehensible as string theory.

Me, I'll take baseball, its metronome-like consistency a comforting, reliable presence, sometimes at the forefront of our attention, other times as an aside while we're working on the car, fishing, or playing catch with our children.
EDIT 2: He talks about how baseball "provides a distraction, a focus other than our difficulties when they prove too much to bear. The feeling may be fleeting, but watching a pitcher-batter confrontation or listening to a friendly, familiar voice describe a deep, arching home run can provide a brief escape, which may be just what we need to get by at that moment." That's how I feel about OOTPB as well.
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