“When life is suddenly more serious more of the time, there is also more need for it to be fun at least some of the time. That's why my family will be at a college football game this weekend. We need it. And deserve it, too. Not like a New York fireman deserves it. Or a medic at the Pentagon. But enough.” NeedsEnoughLife IsGamesFunSportsNew YorkFootballCollegeSeriousDeserveMy FamilyHockeyWeekendPentagonFootball GameCollege FootballFiremanMedics Author:Thomas Boswell
“I think baseball is a great support to people who have emotional voids, gaps, emotional difficulties. That is to say: all of us. Those parts of us that don’t function well. Those parts of us that are sad or depressed—not every day. They can really use baseball. It isn't just the child in a wheelchair or the shut-in senior citizen listening to the radio that needs the game. There’s part of us, part of everybody who’s a baseball fan, who needs the game at that level.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsChildrenUseGamesLevelsSupportFansEmotionalListeningCitizensBaseballFunctionDifficultyRadioGapsVoidSeniorWheelchairsSenior CitizenBaseball Fans Author:Thomas Boswell
“Born to an age where horror has become commonplace, where tragedy has, by its monotonous repetition, become a parody of sorrow, we need to fence off a few parks where humans try to be fair, where skill has some hope of reward, where absurdity has a harder time than usual getting a ticket.” NeedsTryingHumansAgeBornSorrowHorrorSkillsFairsHarderTragedyRewardsParksUsualTicketsAbsurdityRepetitionFenceCommonplaceParodyMonotonous Book:Why Time Begins on Opening Day Source: Why Time Begins on Opening Day
