Baseball
It is played everywhere....
In parks, in playgrounds, and prison yards...
In back alleys and farmers' fields...
By small children and old men...
Raw amateurs and millionaire professionals.
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It is a leisurely game
That demands blinding speed.
The only game in which the defense has the ball.
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It follows the seasons...
Beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime...
And ending with the hard facts of autumn.
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It is a haunted game...
In which every player is measured against the ghost
of all who have gone before
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Most of all...
It is about time and timelessness...
Speed and grace...
Failure and loss...
Imperishable hope
And
Coming home.
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