People Will Say I'm An Idealist. I

Baseball Has The Largest Library Of Law And Love And Custom And Ritual, And Therefore, In A Nation That Fundamentally Believes It Is A Nation Under Law, Well, Baseball Is America's Most Privileged Version Of The Level Field.

There's Nothing Bad That Accrues From Baseball.

Baseball Has Undergone And Absorbed A Whole Set Of Dislocations.

There Are Many Who Lust For The Simple Answers Of Doctrine Or Decree. They Are On The Left And Right. They Are Not Confined To A Single Part Of The Society. They Are Terrorists Of The Mind.

This Is Not The First Time In My Life Where You Know Going Into A Job That You're Going To Hear In Stereo What Was Wrong With What You Did.