Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.
~George F. Will
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Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.
~George F. Will
The fact that Will is a baseball fan is pretty much the only thing which redeems him.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels that way.
i really relate to this quote, especially at work, where i often feel alienated from the group, but know i have to be part of it in order for the work to get done effectively.
That makes sense. It does present a struggle sometimes.
it’s one of the more underrated and invisible elements, to us fans anyway, to me anyway, the way a 37 year old father of three children holds dugout court with a 21 year old…and all other points of the 25 man spectrum.