In recent days it has occurred to me that it is silly to invest emotion into baseball. Football, it seems, is different. When you think about it, sports set up situations involving lots of chaos. The idea is that good teams win by controlling the chaos more than the other team. Unless it's the Yankees--but I just said that I don't care about that sport. Down 14-0 to a team that annihilated us last year, Proctor football scored four consecutive touchdowns Saturday to beat Kents Hill 28-14. The home crowd included plenty of faculty. From left: John Pendleton, Patty Pond, Stan Peterman, Lee and Bert Carvalho, Tim Norris, Megan Lytle, Sarah Will.
A festive atmosphere was sweetened by the smell of grilled bratwurst, chorizo and hot Italian sausage in natural casings.
The spirited crowd was enhanced during the third quarter by girls soccer players who were euphoric after coming back from two down to tie a powerful squad from KUA.
Here's is one of Tyrone's touchdowns:
On this day, the better team won. Why can't baseball be that way?
