Hello, Dave! I just had a wonderful (not mine) idea!
My next topic is Baseball.
It was kinda suggested by Oliver when he suggested that Baseball should be the game we played during the recess/PE time. So, when we all went out to play I noticed something.
In Baseball there are seven players on the field who are kinda like the 'defense' and up to four who are on the 'offense.' The goal of the pitcher is to give the batter a legal ball, but at the same time prevent them from hitting it. The goal of the batter is to hit the good balls and let the other pass right on by. The infielders are kinda like the first line of defense. They try to get the ball fast and throw it to first base. (Heh, first base…) The outfielders are the ones who try to get the fly balls that go waaaaaaaaaay over the infielders' heads.
And that, Dave, is baseball in a nutshell.
Now, now, don't give me that face. My big discovery of the day wasn't something so benign as how baseball works. No, it was more along the lines of how baseball can be equated to life itself.
Strange thought, amiright?
But seriously, think about it.
You are the batter – your goal is to get your dreams to be a reality. The dreams of yours are the ball. If you get a homerun, then your dream succeeded instantly. Bam! Look at it go…! Every run scored is that runner's dream, a success. Everyone else in your life is pretty much trying to stop those dreams from becoming realized.
The pitcher is that person who gives you false hope. He (or she) tells you that you are able to do whatever you want if you put your mind to it, but proceeds to dangle it right out of your grasp and leaves you chomping at the bit.
The infielders are those close to you – family, friends, coworkers, etcetera – who don't appreciate your talent, or are jealous of you. Whenever you shoot an idea at them they do their best to snatch it out of the air before you can really do anything with it. "You thought you were gonna be an astrophysicist? Ha! That's not gonna happen, you are terrible at math!" They might say. What they don't realize is that you love space enough that you would learn to be good at math.
You see, this is something that society has gone completely bonkers on. They decide that everyone can only do one thing – what others think that they are good at. Yeah, so…that's probably a major failure on people's parts.
The outfielders are those who are watching from afar. They don't have a direct influence on your life, and not only pretend they are, but all they try to do is wiggle their way under your skin. Irritating is their middle name, really.
The crowd, eh, they're the people who don't even know you. They could be cheering for you, or against you – for you one moment, against the next – or visa versa. They are worse than reeds in the wind, sway, sway, sway, swayswayswaysway…They can't tell which way is right, so they go with all sides in an attempt to end on the right side.
They are bastards who are not worth the cost of the food they devour. Conniving, disloyal, schemers who only care about whether or not they come out on top.
Hah!
Tell that to the guy who gets pegged with that home run ball!
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…Ahem…
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Okay, so, now that that is pretty much over, (I kinda forgot my point, to be completely honest) I just wanna say that I hate sports – to the point of me preferring a verbal lashing or physical beating to running for the purpose of a 'pointless' game.
I think my point was that I wanted to share my aimless ramblings that kept me mostly focused in the outfield today, Dave.
Yeah, that's probably what it was. That was the point of this little notebook, amiright?
Bah, who am I kidding! Of course it was!
'Til next time.
(Note: Don't salute while trying to write – it ends badly, much like shrugging.)
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Hey all, it is your friendly authoress here. How are you guys doing?
Personally, I feel very proud of myself for not putting in an author's note until now, but…you guys aren't really keeping score, are you?
Anyways, I had a point.
What do you, my readers, think of Matt's ranting? Do you enjoy it? Do you have a topic for me? I would actually appreciate a topic very much, so if you have one, please drop it off in a little review!
Thanks!