Keeping Baseball a Constant

Keeping Baseball a Constant

Movies are an integral part of American life. They make us laugh and in a blink of an eye make us cry. But above all, movies tell a story, a story about not merely the characters in the flick, but about each and every one of us in the audience. No matter what the plot, purpose or theme of the movie, there isn’t a single person who can honestly say that they can’t relate to at least one element of the movie in the one hundred and twenty some odd minutes of intense sound and color. Baseball is America’s pastime, America’s national game. Thus a movie about baseball captivates the essential American spirit in its purest form. Personally I feel that Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella and James Earl Jones as Terrance Mann, is the greatest baseball movie ever made. Therefore it is safe to conclude that the movie is the quintessence of American society or in the words of Terrance Mann:

The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again

Baseball is a part of the past, present and future. Unfortunately for two unlucky teams, the future is as bleak as the cold January mornings in State College. Ever since the “Strike of 1993,” baseball has been financially hurting. What fan wants to go and watch a bunch of greedy, overpaid, crybaby million dollar athletes after they decided not to play as a demonstration of their demands for even more money? However, baseball was soon on the proverbial road to recovery as the...

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... in their simplest form is how specifically logos and pathos work together. Furthermore, Caple’s word choice throughout almost every paragraph emphasizes the emotion which he feels regarding the issue of removing the Twins. Words like “no longer exist,” “devoted toady,” and “disgraced the sport” all gnaw at the heart of the sports fan found in the reader.

Sparky Anderson was once quoted: "the great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things.” The emphasis in his quote is placed on grandchildren, which is what America is all about these days. Family is number one. To Caple and the rest of the sports world, the Minnesota Twins are a part of the baseball fraternity of brotherhood and family. Why should we remove them? To do so would violate every American’s right to family, an essential to a healthy life.