Sports and Culture
It's that time of the year for America's "pastime" to once again take its place in the "Baseball, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet" part of American culture. Unfortunately, it looks as if only Apple Pie is going strong as Chevrolet is on the ropes and baseball seems to keep losing it's hold on Americans to NFL football, Nascar and other sports. While much of the fault lies in the marketing of Major League baseball, it also seems that the game is out of step these days with the fast paced American culture that seems to prefer the excitement of constant action and movement. Baseball they say is more of a thinking man's game, but I find that the game is so slow that it tends to put the thinking processes to sleep. It seems that all I have to do is sit down in my recliner, put the game on, and within a few minutes my head is nodding and I'm in la-la land. It's just that I prefer a sporting event that has more action and excitement as opposed to listening to an announcer speak as if he were describing a golf tournament. But on the flip side, for all those having trouble sleeping, throw away those sleeping aids and put on a major league baseball game, it will do wonders for your insomnia.
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