Concerning Life as It Is Supposed to Be

Baseball Excitement

To some, baseball comes off as ponderous and dull. Not to me. Tension hangs on every pitch, anticipation is a constant, the unexpected becomes expected.

But I have to agree with Tom Jones of the St. Pete Times when he speaks of his love of the triple – arguably, apart from the extremely rare inside the park home run, the most exciting play in baseball.

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2 Comments

  1. Elsa

    Have you ever read the short story "Perfection" by Mark Helprin? It's one of my favorites. It's about redemption through baseball (!) and is a fictional account of the Yankees in the time of Mickey Mantle. It's the centerpiece of a collection called _The Pacific and Other Stories_, all of which is worth reading.The story can be found here: http://www.cardinalnewman.org/s/206/images/editor_documents/Scharfen/Perfection.helprin.doc The link will open a Word doc, by the way.

  2. Randy Greenwald

    Thanks, Elsa. I've been wanting to read something by this guy, so a story about baseball seems an excellent place to start. As soon as I get through Anna Karenina, of course!

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