Coming Back from Baseball Games
When people go to baseball games, why don’t they care if they ever get back?
———- from Eric Van Fossen of Atlanta, GA
Baseball is so slow a game, the fans actually forget there’s a game being played at all. It’s the American way to meditate, to zone out, to disassociate. After every game, there are numerous fans, usually in the bleachers, who have to be led out of the ballpark. Slack jawed, staring blankly ahead, they are so spaced out they have to be sent home with an attendant. This is, in part, a reason why ticket prices are so high. The other reason is simple greed.
Baseball is so slow a game, the fans actually forget there’s a game being played at all. It’s the American way to meditate, to zone out, to disassociate. After every game, there are numerous fans, usually in the bleachers, who have to be led out of the ballpark. Slack jawed, staring blankly ahead, they are so spaced out they have to be sent home with an attendant. This is, in part, a reason why ticket prices are so high. The other reason is simple greed. 