Cory wrote:
Hi Jon
I enjoyed your story very much! Let me tell you a story in return
now. I
used to love playing baseball. More than anything. I never went to
high
school though, and I never played any organized ball at all. Mostly
just me
and a bunch of other hillbilly kids would get together once in a
while and
use an old broom stick for a bat to swat around a taped up ball in an
old
cow pasture. Cowpie Stadium we called it. We surely had a good time
though.
Cntryforce@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Cory
>
> Thanks for the story. I relate to the passion you have for baseball, but it
> still does nothing to change my view that a disturbing number of humans
have
> some very messed up priorities. I still find it appalling that people are
out
> asking for donations for baseball (little league or high school) when
> millions of human beings are dying of diseases which need research money.
> I am not knocking baseball. I personally prefer football, but that's
> missing the point. When you said that one needs to share your "love of the
> game" in order to truly understand the passion, you are correct. The same
> goes for people who have a passion for art, hunting, fishing, or whatever;
> you have to experience it in order to truly understand. It could even be
> argued that baseball has saved lives. But finding a cure for cancer would
> save, I think it's safe to say, considerably more.
> The billions of dollars we spend capriciously on our personal
> entertainment is, IMO, sickening.
>
> Jon
>
>
David Lind writes:
Just to add my two cents.....What I loved about Cory's post was the
part i pasted above - that all the fun they had was with a broomstick,
a taped up ball and an old field. They didn't need thousands of
dollars of equipment - and whaddaya know - they had fun!
Shalom
David Lind
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