Len; may I assume you were a young boy who was taught how to score a baseball game using one of those notebooks with diagrams of miniature baseball diamonds and the famous 6-4-3 double play entries? If not, you write on baseball as though this contest was taking place for the first time, and only in your mind. I call that "passion" and it is something folks like myself (and maybe you also) did throughout our childhood. The fantasy games that never were between teams that could never meet. I still consider those times the best of my youth and it is why I enjoy your sports traveler articles. Imagination was a necessary gift back in the day and even though you are re-telling an actual event in the past, I can detect a bit of your imagination is at work also, thanks for that.
Lawrence, Thanks as always for your great comments. I've never been into scoring games. My passion is for experiencing the drama of great sporting events and especially great pennant races. The reason my writing sounds like the contest is taking place for the first time is because I'm following these games in the newspapers 100 years ago, and I never knew anything about them. So it's very exciting to experience these close pennant races for the first time.
Len; may I assume you were a young boy who was taught how to score a baseball game using one of those notebooks with diagrams of miniature baseball diamonds and the famous 6-4-3 double play entries? If not, you write on baseball as though this contest was taking place for the first time, and only in your mind. I call that "passion" and it is something folks like myself (and maybe you also) did throughout our childhood. The fantasy games that never were between teams that could never meet. I still consider those times the best of my youth and it is why I enjoy your sports traveler articles. Imagination was a necessary gift back in the day and even though you are re-telling an actual event in the past, I can detect a bit of your imagination is at work also, thanks for that.
Lawrence, Thanks as always for your great comments. I've never been into scoring games. My passion is for experiencing the drama of great sporting events and especially great pennant races. The reason my writing sounds like the contest is taking place for the first time is because I'm following these games in the newspapers 100 years ago, and I never knew anything about them. So it's very exciting to experience these close pennant races for the first time.