![]() ![]() It’s more like stepping outside time entirely.įrom the July/August 2023 issue: Moneyball broke baseball It’s not quite nostalgia, which implies a longing for something lost. The basic rules of the game have barely changed since the 1890s. You’re part of a crowd observing a set of rituals established more than a century ago. There’s a religious quality to attending any baseball game, no matter how uneventful, like taking your seat in a church or synagogue. Oh well: I’d drink a few beers, eat some popcorn, and watch some meaningless baseball. Alas, the Yankees’ starter was Domingo Germán, an undistinguished 30-year-old who was booed off the mound by his own fans in his previous outing. ![]() When you go to a baseball game, you hope to see one of your team’s best pitchers. ![]() As my train pulled into the Oakland Coliseum, a dreary concrete slab of a ballpark, I checked the starting lineups on my phone. The stakes, on a Wednesday night in June, were almost pathetically low.īut I’m a Yankees fan living on the wrong coast, and I like to see them in person when I can. Intent on moving the team to Las Vegas, the A’s owner seems to have given up trying to field a watchable product, like a real-life version of the villain in Major League. The New York Yankees have underwhelmed this season, especially since their best player got hurt, and the Oakland Athletics are the worst team in baseball. The game seemed destined to be utterly forgettable. ![]()
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