Baseball is America’s pastime, because it was born in America and it is America. But while society sped up, with its smartphones, social media, rapid-fire dribs and drabs of information and quickly shifting news cycles, baseball has remained constant. The game is supposed to last nine innings, but it lasts as long as it must to decide a winner. The season stretches for months and months. The rebel ethos has been lost underneath a seemingly impenetrable layer of tradition that overlooks baseball’s role in moving America forward.
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