An internet friend of mine turned me on to a short essay by Bill Morris called “Is Baseball What’s Wrong with America?” Morris turns his gaze particularly to the forced “redemption” of Josh Hader and the current state of racial politics in America, but the underlying characterization of baseball—that the sport is too mired in memories of a misremembered time—is nothing new. In fact, plenty of baseball fans would wholly own the nostalgia of their sport, even those of a political leaning. After all, there’s no shortage of conservative hack out there, be it George Will’s echoing psychosis or Dan McLaughin and his stupid f***ing Twitter avatar grousing over the Mets, who just can’t help but eat baseball up.
NFL Week 6 picks against the spread, totals: Meathook realities
