Football is difficult to understand because great plays are described as “impossible” or “super-human,” whereas in baseball, great plays are just that: great plays that we understand and appreciate. Media transcripts describing great catches from each sport show us how. From here, this underground guerrilla podcast enters a philosophical realm to distinguish emotional experience versus an aesthetic one. Abomination: football crowds do nothing to connect us to the aesthetic of the game, but baseball crowds, as illustrated by this week’s crowd-free game at Camden Yards, do.
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