“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” – Tennessee Williams
A gentle transcendence has the power to break through rocks and change things for the better. Is baseball really coming back, and if so, is it truly the source of healing many hope it will be?
Though most fans of the game seem to think its return will be as cinematic as the James Earl Jones monologue in Field of Dreams, a more likely scenario is that the league will step softly at first instead. Trepidation will walk us through the game’s eventual return, but bubbling right at surface level is angst, strife, and the potential for a new wave of COVID-19 infections, all of which could prevent any reboot or lead to another work stoppage.