The Comfort of the Game

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

I’ve been hard on baseball.

I’ve picked it apart, the rule changes, the branding, the empty rituals dressed up as engagement. I’ve pointed at the pitch clock, the ghost runner, the mic’d-up banter, and said, this isn’t what I signed up for. And I meant it.

But I keep watching.

Because beneath all the noise and polish, there’s still something in the game th…