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2018 World Series: More than a Game

machnbirdsparoPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

I have been to Boston.
I have traveled to Los Angeles.

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Both are cities where I would be lucky to live.
Both cities would have been wonderful to grow up in.

Los Angeles is hosting the World Series this year.
In 2018, the World Series began in Boston.

Boston fans are passionate.
Fans in Los Angeles are eccentric.

This year, the World Series is being played in two cities known throughout the globe. One sits on the Atlantic Ocean. The other on the Pacific. It is not a subway series, but Los Angeles and Boston can generate excitement like few other places on planet Earth.
Angelenos feed on:

  • tacos
  • foods from the Orient
  • burgers
  • food trucks
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Bostonians know where to get the very best:
  • lobster
  • fried clams
  • roast beef
  • Boston cream pie

Both cities love their doughnuts. But, during the World Series, hot dogs will take the center stage.

I have fond memories of baseball. I suspect most of the people reading this do as well. That’s because baseball is about more than having played. Yes, I grew up playing the game. But even while on the mound, I could sense just how much more than a game is baseball. Today, I can enjoy watching the game. Just being in the ballpark is amazing. It is comparable to the festivals of other countries.

Baseball is a sport unlike any other. It is because of baseball that we have player cards. Today, there are online economies based on attribute statistics that were first placed on baseball cards a century ago. OK so it was not that long ago. Baseball cards originate in the 1950’s with Sy Berger. He used scissors and cardboard to invent baseball cards. It was his intent that they would be traded amongst fans.

How much do we owe to baseball? Not just the players, but all of the people that make the game possible. Has not baseball helped foster trade. Can we say, with any degree of certainty, that our relationship with people from the other side of the world, like Japan, would be the same if it were not for baseball? How about the relationships between Angelenos and Bostonians?

Let’s enjoy the game for all that it has to offer. And let us not forget what it has meant so that we can continue to draw from its spring.

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