Monday, January 17, 2005

winter baseball

Hey all.....so watched Field of Dreams tonight. Always will be one of my favorites. And you might think less of me as a man, but it never fails...still tear up for the last scene where Kevin Costner plays catch with his dad, and for the following speech (which might best capture the magic I find in the game of baseball):

"Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn into the 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 have a look around," you'll say. "It's only twenty dollars 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 shirt-sleeves 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 had 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, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come."

Yep...never fails, especially that last part. This led to my baseball fanaticism and Brandon's ever growing fanaticism taking over and making us play catch outside in the dark until our hands froze up completely. God I can't wait until spring training. later!


8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"making us play catch outside in the dark until our hands froze up completely"
a whole 30 seconds!!!

9:52 AM  
Blogger Adam said...

Now now...it was way more like 10 mins! Cause we're just that manly.

10:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

no. 30 seconds.

10:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That really is great movie/sports-related moment. If you're going to be fanatical about something, baseball is the way to go...rather than say, Nascar(I'd say no offense to any Nascar fans who may be reading this, but I really wouldn't mean it)
-KS

12:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I apologize for my ignorance. I don't know what I could have been thinking
-KS

12:31 AM  
Blogger Adam said...

Corey: that's a very strange post, my friend....even for you. And personally I think it should be spelled with all lower case letters, as not to confuse it with ACTUAL sports leagues.

1:04 AM  
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5:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

heh.
Corey and his hilarious sense of humor.


that no one really understands.
*confused

6:59 PM  

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