For someone whose roots in america were strong but only inches deep, and who had no experience, such as a catholic child might, of an awesome hierarchy that was real and felt, baseball was a kind of secular church that reached into every class and region of the nation and bound millions upon millions of us together in common concerns, loyalties, rituals, enthusiasms, and antagonisms. baseball made me understand what patriotism was about, at its best.
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For Someone Whose Roots In America Were
For someone whose roots in america were strong but only inches deep, and who had no experience, such as a catholic child might, of an awesome hierarchy that was real and felt, baseball was a kind of secular church that reached into every class and region of the nation and bound millions upon millions of us together in common concerns, loyalties, rituals, enthusiasms, and antagonisms. baseball made me understand what patriotism was about, at its best.
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