The Hot Corner

Giamatti on Baseball: "Of course, there are those who learn after the first few times. They grow out of sports. And there are others who were born with the wisdom to know that nothing lasts. These are the truly tough among us, the ones who can live without illusion, or without even the hope of illusion. I am not that grown-up or up-to-date. I am a simpler creature, tied to more primitive patterns and cycles. I need something that lasts forever, and it might as well be that state of being that is a game; it might as well be that, in a green field, in the sun."