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That is, I watched the Cubs play their first World Series game since 1945.<\/p>\n

And I have to admit, I was bored. \u00a0Yes, I know, when people profess lack of interest in baseball, others say, \u201cthat\u2019s a sign of our national decline, and of Americans\u2019 declining attention span.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, in my defense, I\u2019m not a native Chicagoan, and my childhood memories of baseball involve the Detroit Tigers. \u00a0Or, more specifically, involve Dad and my brother watching the games on summer evenings. \u00a0There was no air conditioning, so the doorwall (I think that\u2019s a local term \u2014 never heard it here) was open and crickets were chirping (no cicadas!), and Al Kaline<\/a>\u2018s voice was in the background. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a line drive to center field!\u201d \u2014 don\u2019t know why, but that\u2019s the line that sticks in my head. \u00a0(And according to the wikipedia link, Kaline was color commentary, so that wouldn\u2019t have been his voice.) \u00a0And it seems to me that the way games are broadcast must have changed \u2014 perhaps in the 70s and 80s, they were still broadcasting much as they would have done for the radio, with actual play-by-play (as is still the case for hockey, if I\u2019m not mistaken). \u00a0Last night\u2019s game seemed much quieter, presumably because it was assumed that anyone could just look at the graphic on the screen to see the status.<\/p>\n

Did you watch it? \u00a0Readers, are you baseball fans who look forward to October?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"