My thoughts on a book club...

Is it true that two people may view colors differently? Are our reds both the same? Does it matter? I read for pleasure/enlightenment/calming. Just a disclaimer..

Thoughts on baseball/prologue...

This is the second time I've read the Prologue. Makes me think I should read everything twice, ah if only... It was soothing in the way I stopped focusing on the plot, trying to "get" the story, and instead relaxed and got to relish in the atmosphere created by Snr. Delillo. I grew up playing baseball, loved the game, collected baseball cards like a fiend, knew all the players/stats/positions, watched baseball on tv whenever I could, cried when the Phillies lost the World Series, etc. I heard something said awhile ago along the lines of "the beauty in baseball is that there is so much downtime between the actual action, in really allows for time to think" and it really struck me. Really baseball is the only "major" sport in which time is not an issue. As a result, you're allowed to contemplate the next pitch, to calculate stats, left vs. right hand, infinite complexities. Don't believe me? "http://youtube.com/watch?v=G7CCga0nbG8". Proof of the importance of a single action/call.

Anyways, I bring this up to illustrate how much I appreciate Don's description of the ballpark scene, and the way he paces his writing to flow in the way a real baseball game would. It's not only about the action, about the snarl in the pitcher's eye, but also about how Willy Mays can't get that jingle out of his head, and that he's thinking about how the game, and the season, is on his shoulders if Thompson can't drive the runs in. I appreciate that Delillo addresses that baseball is a game in which you are always thinking ahead. And isn't that what a prologue is for, a little action while you're thinking ahead to future events. American Pastime.