He remembers what George said: it can be a beautiful game. And maybe Mark’s seen some of that, maybe when the sun is shining and the stadium smells like freshly cut grass, maybe when every play seems like a coalescence of talent and luck. The thing about baseball is that it’s slow, and that each game is, essentially, meaningless. That’s enough to make plenty of people stay away from it. But the glacial pace and the low stakes give you time to look at each individual component of the game and properly appreciate it.
