On the field, there is time to kill and thinking to be done. Or the wind blowing in from right center and the pitcher’s insistence on pitching them on the outer half. They are thinking about their last at-bat when they were a fraction behind the fastball in a 1-1 count and popped out in foul territory. Players, on the other hand, actually need to play the game. Spectators sink into hypnosis and immerse themselves in the smells and sounds of the game. Innocent heckling from a rabble-rouser behind the dugout. The gentlemanly among us are drawn to baseball like a moth to flame, reveling in its relative simplicity and peaceful rhythm. Baseball bores the boorish and its pace is frequently cited as a common reason why baseball is a dying sport.
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