“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”
This sport, amongst the oldest and most storied of our country’s traditions, has graced us as fans with moments of absolute elation and unparalleled joy. José Bautista’s home run against the Rangers, David Freese’s triple in 2011, even Scott Oberg striking out the side in the National League Wild Card game - each of these iconic events brought fire to the hearts of baseball enthusiasts, and to the players in the middle of them.
That last part is especially important, in my estimation, because baseball has historically been a game in which the expression of intense emotion is often frowned upon, or at least unencouraged.