07-16-2014, 08:12 AM
"the tech advisor of which didn't bother teaching Robert DeNiro that to properly round first base, use your left foot. "
Baseball people love that stuff. Insider details. It IS the game. They turn to you with missionary zeal in their eyes as they explain how the ump mis-applied the infield fly rule. Or how a guy taking a second too long watching his home run ball sail over the wall is a major diss to the whole game of baseball and therefore words, escalating to a fight between the third baseman and the runner is justified to protect the unwritten rules of the game. And you can tell by the look in the speaker's eyes, he is dead serious about that stuff.
The last baseball game I attended was when we were a video crew at the Oakland coliseum when the Dodgers came up and won the final game of the World Series. Got a ball signed by Dennis Eckersley during pregame warmups. Gave it to my nephew. But that was work, with great access and great perks. Last time I just sat and watched a game for fun was in minor league ball in Huntsville. For $2 I got to watch Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss and Jose Canseco all on the same team. If major league baseball had hits and home runs at the same frequency as that minor league summer, maybe I'd be a baseball fan and baseball wouldn't need movie story lines, external literary adornment and scripted action to be interesting.
Baseball people love that stuff. Insider details. It IS the game. They turn to you with missionary zeal in their eyes as they explain how the ump mis-applied the infield fly rule. Or how a guy taking a second too long watching his home run ball sail over the wall is a major diss to the whole game of baseball and therefore words, escalating to a fight between the third baseman and the runner is justified to protect the unwritten rules of the game. And you can tell by the look in the speaker's eyes, he is dead serious about that stuff.
The last baseball game I attended was when we were a video crew at the Oakland coliseum when the Dodgers came up and won the final game of the World Series. Got a ball signed by Dennis Eckersley during pregame warmups. Gave it to my nephew. But that was work, with great access and great perks. Last time I just sat and watched a game for fun was in minor league ball in Huntsville. For $2 I got to watch Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss and Jose Canseco all on the same team. If major league baseball had hits and home runs at the same frequency as that minor league summer, maybe I'd be a baseball fan and baseball wouldn't need movie story lines, external literary adornment and scripted action to be interesting.