The beautiful, wide open field.....the green grass and broad dimensions......like a field out in the country.....quiet, peaceful, calm.....dirt and grass and sun and wind and rain.....
The classic, historic ball parks....the beautiful, modern ball parks....the little league ball field across town, kept up by parents and friends.....
A game played in a park.....on a diamond. A park and a diamond. Two of our favorite things. And the goal is to "go home." That's another good thing.
It's fast and slow. It's short and long. It's simple yet complex. It's both an individual and a team sport- both at the same time.
The game is determined by both minute fractions of a distance and long, expansive distances.....(examples: the distance on the impact of ball and bat- and the distance of a long home run.)
There is a game within the game- many times over. There are literally countless things every game that the casual observer does not see....There is constant, vital communication throughout the game with no words spoken......drama without words
Every inning, every at-bat, every pitch is like a game in and of itself.
Thousands upon thousands of games have been played throughout its history, yet every game, even every inning, and is different and unique.
There is no clock or time limit. A game could last forever. An inning could last forever. An at-bat could last forever.
It takes place in the spring turning to summer....sunshine and birds singing and hot summer days.....longer days and shorter nights....no school.....
What is the perfect number? Perhaps it is the number three. How long is a game? Three times three. Nine innings.
What is another number denoting perfection? Ten. So how long is the playing and running surface, the base path, of this game? Let's see.....the length of the game (nine innings) multiplied times a number denoting perfection (ten) is ninety. Yea, that's sounds right....
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