Thank you, Damon. It seems there are others on Substack that are writing about slowing down. Alvaro Garcia of Mental Garden and Mackenzie of The Lovely Road. We're all quite mad here these days, so it's time to slow down and breathe.
I am wondering if people now sit in the stands with their phones in their hands to fill in the lulls on the field or if they stay with the reality of where they are...?
In the few games I attended, I didn't see cell phones so much, but there's a lot of conversation in the seats as well as along the hallway where the concessions are located. I wonder how many business deals go down there?
Loved this! I haven't ever really watched any in-real-life-live sport, I don't think - perhaps a couple of football (soccer) matches when I was in my teens and twenties. It was lovely to experience this baseball game with your eyes.
A lovely paean to the national sport, Sue. "... a school band marches onto the outfield. We are treated to a slightly off-key rendition of the Star Spangled Banner only to have the requisite amateur singer offend our ears with a dirge-paced version of “God Bless America” between innings later on." Right you are! And don't we love it!
A pleasure to read this piece, Sue, and a nice way for me to slow down on this ordinary day. Thank you.
Thank you, Damon. It seems there are others on Substack that are writing about slowing down. Alvaro Garcia of Mental Garden and Mackenzie of The Lovely Road. We're all quite mad here these days, so it's time to slow down and breathe.
I am wondering if people now sit in the stands with their phones in their hands to fill in the lulls on the field or if they stay with the reality of where they are...?
In the few games I attended, I didn't see cell phones so much, but there's a lot of conversation in the seats as well as along the hallway where the concessions are located. I wonder how many business deals go down there?
Loved this! I haven't ever really watched any in-real-life-live sport, I don't think - perhaps a couple of football (soccer) matches when I was in my teens and twenties. It was lovely to experience this baseball game with your eyes.
Glad you enjoyed it.
A lovely paean to the national sport, Sue. "... a school band marches onto the outfield. We are treated to a slightly off-key rendition of the Star Spangled Banner only to have the requisite amateur singer offend our ears with a dirge-paced version of “God Bless America” between innings later on." Right you are! And don't we love it!
I must admit my ears grate with off-key music, but I do love the energy and the local feel of the whole experience.