I listened to the parents at the baseball game. I tuned out the game and started my senses working on the soundscape, the smells… the general and specific at the same time. If you stop caring about the score it all changes for you. The vested interest in your own child up to bat is what usually colours the entire situation.
Baseball is about numbers and anticipation. Pure physical skill can lose to smarts. Philosophically I am all for this type of game. The right combination of these two attributes creates balance leading to pure poetry. This is what we all need in everyday life. Sport is just a science experiment in a controlled environment. Team sport is a scientific demonstration that left and right brain must meet in equal portions. If I had known this as a teenager I would have talked at least one teacher into allowing me to do a directed study in this area. Credit for working on something that doesn
