The Seattle Mariners walked off the Cleveland Guardians tonight in a 4-3 win. But before we can talk about that we have to lay some foundation.
The Georgian architectural style from the 18th century — no come back, I swear this about baseball — was a type of neoclassical architecture that forwent towering pillars and decadent decoration. Typically reserved in ornamentation but still borrowing sensibilities from the styles of Greece and Rome, it’s most striking characteristics are an obsession with symmetry and balance.
Perhaps the most famous example of Georgian architecture in the United States is Independence Hall in Philadelphia.