The morning news is bleak. More endless war in Iraq, an Israeli Palestinian peace process that appears to be going nowhere. Bhutto a reformist returns to Pakistan and is greeted by bombs. The stock market is shaky. The world seems to be descending into apocalyptic doom yet people are dancing in the streets.
Yes the Red Sox, defying impossible odds, are back in the World Series. People in the streets and bars are exuberent. Humans are the only animals who are capable of dreaming and hoping for something better...the only species that can believe in magic.
Yes the players are overpaid milliionaires in their twenties playing a kid's game for other adults ridiculously willing to pay $100 or more for the experience.
But a home run at Fenway Park and all is right in the world...if even just for a while. Play ball!
