Want to Understand Baseball?
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by user Tmizzle
I have a somewhat embarrassing revelation to share with everyone. I have considered myself a diehard baseball fan, but until today, I had never seen Field of Dreams.
It's considered by many to be the greatest baseball movie ever made. The storyline is about, well, watch the movie, you'll see.
Why haven't I ever watched it? That's a difficult question. I'd seen "great" movies before, but in most cases, I hadn't felt they lived up to their hype. For that reason, I avoided Field of Dreams. Because it was about baseball, quite possibly my favorite thing in the entire world, I didn't want to ruin my perception of the movie by actually watching it. I know, that's a little weird, and it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, but it's how I felt.
I decided today that I would have to take that risk. I watched Field of Dreams, and I absolutely loved it. It was everything I had hoped it would be. I got chills at least a dozen times, probably more. When James Earl Jones makes his speech that concludes with, "...the people will come, Ray...people will most definitely come," I was downright shivering.
Now, in the past few days, I've read some things on this site that disparage baseball. I think I even read one comment that said baseball wasn't a sport because it didn't involve guys hitting each other.
For anyone who doesn't understand why people love baseball, watch this movie. If you still don't get it, I can't help you and I doubt you'll ever understand it.
