THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
PAGE 9
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, a former baseball broadcaster
FACT OF THE DAY
Pete Rose played the most games (3,562) and recorded the most hits (4,256) in MLB history.
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Q: How many teams have won the World Series since 2000?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A:10
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THE MORNING BREW For fans, baseball goes outside the lines
Growing up, sports have always played an integral role in my life. Instead of a teddy bear, I slept with a green-and-black soccer ball. In the backyard, my brothers pounded me while I wore a full - pants and all - Joe Montana 49ers uniform with plastic pads at age 6. I hit my first baseball when I was 3. I know my love for sports is far from unique, but my love for baseball goes beyond just the game.
To me, baseball is important because it's the only game played both outside the lines as well as within them. It is outside those lines that great stories develop, along with some of the greatest plays. I love baseball for what happens between the pitch and the inning; the sequence of the game in play allows more time for stories to be developed, explored and told.
The most valuable lesson I've ever learned is that everyone has his or her own story; I just need to ask the right
questions. For every Josh Hamilton overcoming a drug addiction or Cody Ross, who went from wanting to be a rodeo clown to becoming a playoff hero, there are hundreds of other players with equally inspiring stories that have never been told.
Born from their passion for the game, baseball fans give a lot to the sport, but baseball gives back to them as well. The game is there from the first practice of spring training until the final out of the World Series. No matter what happens,
2. 430 games will be played in a season. If the weather doesn't cooperate and postpones the game, the teams make it up to their fans.
In a world where, more than ever, people worry about what's happening around them, whether it's global warming or the state of the economy, baseball can be their rock for eight months of the year. Sure, a team may let its fans down once in a while, but the sport of baseball won't; it will always be there, day in and day out. For three hours a day at a ballpark, nothing else really matters.
Baseball's greatest power is that it brings people together. When a game is on, it doesn't matter if a person votes for a certain political party, practices a certain religion or is of a different race; what does matter is that everyone is there for the sport they all love.
The sport does it all. It lives in the present, embraces the past and looks
to the future all at the same time. The stadiums may have changed, but it's still nine players with leather mitts, a pitcher on the mound and a batter standing 60 feet and 6 inches away with a bat in his hands. The game takes you back to playing catch with your family or a pick-up game with friends at the nearest baseball diamond.
Just like the MLB's ad campaign two years ago — "Beyond Baseball" — I find baseball to be the most compelling when I look beyond what is happening on the field. The games will always be interesting and entertaining, but what happens in foul territory, between pitches or between batters makes baseball our nation's pastime.
This week in athletics
— Edited by Gabrielle Schock
Wednesday
Women's basketball
iowa State
7 p.m.
Ames, Iowa
Thursday
There are no athletic events today.
Friday
Softball
Middle Tennessee State
9 a.m.
Charlotte, N.C.
Charlotte
11 a.m.
Charlotte, N.C.
Baseball
Middle Tennessee State
3 p.m.
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Saturday
Women's basketball
Missouri
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Men's basketball
Texas Tech
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Stony Brook
9 a.m.
Charlotte, N.C.
Baseball
Bowling Green
10:30 a.m.
Nashville, Tenn.
Sunday
Tennis
Bradley
11 a.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Arkansas-Little Rock
11 a.m.
Lawrence
Monday
There are no athletic events today.
Tuesday
Women's basketball
Texas Tech
7 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
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