Ah, there is a new bounce to my step with the return of the smell of freshly mowed outfield grass. Baseball is art. It is opera. With its delightful nine-act structure -- meticulous strategy punctuated by bursts of action -- it is the best sport for the (criminally) literary minded.
I give you two quotations from -- of all people -- George Will:
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal."
And to counter the naysayers:
"Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings."
The prosecution rests.
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