“Californication”
Baseball lives inside everyone: the sound of millions of your neighbor’s screaming voices are deafening, the smell of cracker jacks and hot dogs creeps into your nostrils, the ground grips your shoes, a loud crack of a bat finally reaches your ears as a man no larger than a small gap between your index finger and thumb starts his trek around first. Real players become mythical, and mythical characters become living legend. Baseball allowed a way for mere mortal players to become everlasting legend. Players like Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson become that out-in-the-distance gaze your grandfather gets while retelling their greatness. The game of baseball has been intertwined with the lives of Americans for more than a century. Stories about the past players and games are great and interesting but tend to have little connection with the modern audience. In this day and age, the common audience member only pays attention to the moment......
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