Baseball is a bat-and-ball
game played between two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding. Baseball is considered to be an american invention but historical records suggest that games involving bats, balls, bases, and running around bases have been played in
england (rounders) and also in
asia, (cricket). Often considered a "cerebral" sport, those with short-attention spans do not appreciate the beauty of the
game. Lacrosse enthusiasts are the biggest haters of baseball and it is because they are often failed baseball players.
James Earl Jones (aka voice of Darth Vader), from film, "Field of Dreams" Ray.
People will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your
door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you look around", you'll say, "It's only $20 per person". They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and
peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the
game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so
thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this
game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh...
people will come Ray.
People will most definitely come.”
