Baseball and Philosophy
We're only a few weeks away from opening day. My Chicago Cubs will begin the season at the top of the division as usual ("Chicago" comes before the other cities in the division, alphabetically).
With these thoughts in mind, the book Baseball and Philosophy attracted my attention at the local bookstore this week. It's part of a series on popular culture and philosophy. As I flipped to the the table of contents, I was particularly fascinated by the chapter "Should Cub Fans Be Committed? What Bleacher Bums Have To Teach Us About The Nature Of Faith."
While the chapter was a fun little read, the argument set forth by the author (needless to say) left a bit to be desired from a biblical point of view. However, as evidence that common grace is still present in our world, he did come to the correct conclusion to the question proposed in the title to the chapter - YES!
posted by Elizabeth @ 3/18/2006 10:59:00 AM
4 Comments:
GO CUBS!
GO YANKEES!!!!!
You can't beat them. You can only hope to contain them!
It doesn't take any effort to be a Yankee fan, but it takes real faith, dedication, and loyalty to be a Cubs (can also be read Boilermaker, and until last year, a White Sox) fan. It also shows the character of a person who won't leave when the going gets tough (year after year after year...). Crossing over to faith, if a Cubs fan is considered insane, then all believers that remain after persecution are insane.
Knowing that I have to defend myself as a Yankees fan, I can assure you that I have been a Yankees fan since the start of the 90's when they were a last place team with the likes of Alvaro Esinoza and Hensley Meulens as starters. I have no pitty for other teams with owners who don't invest in their team but rather in their bottom line. The Cubs have the money, they just don't use it wisely.
Btw, I'm a fellow Boiler with James. So, I understand your parallel.
Go Yankees! :)
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