Who am I? Part 4
If you’re not sure what’s going on here, please read this first.
Who am I?
I’m a baseball fan. There’s just something about the game that scratches my particular itch. Even though it’s ostensibly a team sport, it’s also very individual (pitcher vs hitter, catcher vs potential base stealer, right fielder vs guy trying to go first to third on a short single to right, etc.). There’s a lot to do with the history, as well, I suppose. I am a history buff, so that appeals to me. The game’s been played professionally since the 1860’s, and even though there have been rules changes, it’s essentially the same as it always has been. It’s a sport, but it’s also a game, if you understand the distinction. There’s a level of strategy that I seem to find missing in other sports (football, basketball, hockey, etc.). I like the fact that there’s no clock, that it’s the only sport where the defense has the ball, and that any one game could theoretically go on forever. I like the fact that it’s a nearly daily presence in my life from late March through October; that’s something that other sports don’t have. Football’s on once a week (although it’s getting worse more frequent). Basketball season seems to last just as long as baseball season does, but there’re a lot fewer games, so it seems to draaaaaag. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate why other people like other sports, and I enjoy soccer futbol myself. I just can’t really get into anything else like I have into baseball.
Even though I’m doing this experiment with What Color is Your Parachute? to find my dream job, I can tell you what it is… getting in with a front office of a baseball team and eventually becoming the General Manager or the Director of Baseball Operations. If I had that opportunity, I would jump on it in a heartbeat, no questions asked about salary (well, it’d need to be subsistence-level, but not much more) or anything. That’s the only position in the world that I can think of where that’s the case.
