Passions and Pastimes

Times change, and people change with them. In the '40s and '50s baseball dominated the sports pages. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and many others excited our minds with dreams of game winning home runs. Its hard to remember that today, as high speed internet brings video clips to your home computer and twenty four hour a day sorts news covers everything from Archery to Zen Basket Weaving. Our National Pastime just can't keep up with our new passions.
When I was young going to the ball game was the highlight of my week. Dad would load us all into the car and drive us 15 miles to the stadium. The…