The meaning of Baseball

Baseball is the language of both children and adults and can tell a story about the life of a man. When I was a boy baseball was a dominant force in my life as well as in the lives of those around me. I was sure that it had the potential to bring my father and I together. During my childhood, nothing captivated me like baseball. Baseball was freedom from household chores and the dreariness …

…game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a large field..." (95). If only life could be as simple as dictionary definitions. Baseball is a game loved in homes all over America. It has captured the minds and imaginations of both fathers and sons. Baseball has the potential to bring fathers and sons together. Unfortunately in retrospect, it only shows me how far apart my father and I were.