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Seeing Life Through the Eyes of a Baseball FanAn article by Tom Gilbert - © April, 2010I’ve been a baseball fan since I was a young boy. The year that it really hooked me was 1967. We were an Air Force family and moved around a lot. That year we were stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the town of Jacksonville. ![]() 1967 was the year of the Impossible Dream for the Bosox. Yaz won the Triple Crown (leading the American League in batting average, home runs and runs batted in) and Boston went to the World Series, only to lose a heartbreaking 7-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. It wouldn’t be the last sad ending to my "almost champs" as I followed the Bosox over the years, but for me it was the first heartbreak. It was even more painful because Little Rock was home to the Cardinals double-A farm team, the Arkansas Travelers. I was the lone kid in school rooting for the Sox. But it didn’t dampen my enthusiasm for the team; if anything, my loyalty grew over the years. Having a passion for something – art, music or baseball – can be a good thing. My love of the great American pastime has never waned. I still follow the Red Sox and I was quite thrilled when they finally nailed a World Series win in 2004. I often think about life events as they are framed by summer and baseball. It’s a lens through which I see life and I draw comfort contemplating my existence while watching a game. ![]() So what passion, hobby, sport or avocation provides the insight and perspective for your life story? Consider your muse. It is a gift that can help you connect with the bigger story deep inside you. For me the “crack of the bat, the smell of glove leather, the thrill of a stolen base or a diving catch” will forever be etched in my psyche. Yes, it is only a game – but it is also a conduit for the memories that earmark my life journey. |
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