SP O RT S
Maybe sports fans
will eventually get
tired of all these
chaotic games
full of shouting
and yelling and
re-discover the
beauty of the
pitching sound in
a stadium which is
full but quiet as
dreaming trees.
Maybe a new generation of fans will emerge, taking the game and
carrying it to a more contemporary era. Or maybe sports fans will
eventually get tired of all these chaotic games full of shouting
and yelling and re-discover the beauty of the pitching sound in a
stadium which is full but quiet as dreaming trees. After all, if the
American culture critic Gerald Early’s prediction about baseball
in the legendary baseball documentary films by Ken Burns is
true, then its history has just started: “It [baseball] makes me feel
American and connected with this culture. I think that there are
only three things that America will be known for even after two
thousand years: the constitution, Jazz music and Baseball. They
are the three most beautifully designed things that this culture has
ever produced.”
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Belki yeni nesillerden bir hayran kitlesi ortaya çıkıp bu oyunu
daha modern bir zamana taşıyacak. Belki sporseverler, bağırış ve
kargaşa dolu kaotik oyunlardan sıkılacak ve tıklım tıklım dolu ama
taş atsan duyulacak kadar sessiz bir stadyumda beyzbol sopasının
topa vuruş sesindeki güzelliği yeniden keşfedecekler. Amerikan
kültür eleştirmeni Gerald Early’nin efsanevi beyzbol belgesel film
serisinde yaptığı tahmin doğru çıkarsa bu nostaljik sporun tarihi
daha yeni başladı: “Beyzbol, beni bu kültüre bağlı hissettiriyor.
Sanırım bundan iki bin yıl sonra bile Amerika üç şeyle hatırlanacak: Anayasası, caz müziği ve beyzbol. Bunlar, bu kültürün bugüne kadar ürettiği en güzel şeyler.”