As a Giants fan, its easy to focus on the pure, delicious high of tonights game. We have every right to embrace the sweetness of the moment, and yet it feels important to dig a little deeper. Not because the story of the Giants in their 3rd World Series in 5 years isnt great enough, but because what i love about baseball and what makes it such a rich and beautiful part of my life is that its bigger than just one narrative of success or of tribal allegiance. I love my dudes in Orange and Black more than is probably healthy for anyone to love a group of men in tights they have never once met, running around on a billion-dollar patch of grass. But more than that, i love the way that baseball plays into my passion for story and narrative in the same way as the great epics like the Count of Monte Cristo, Sometimes a Great Notion, or the Lord of the Rings. As a relative newcomer to the worthy obsession of our national pastime, i look forward to a long life of appreciation of not just the highs and lows of my tribe, but the quality of the stories that unfold year after year for the game as a whole and for those who love it. Tonight the Giants won an incredible game that i will never forget for as long as i live. And, the whole of the baseball world--not just in terms of the accolades of the game or the absurd economics that underwrite it--lost a beautiful and promising talent in the form of Oscar Taveras. I never met Taveras, just as ill probably never meet Hunter Pence or Madison Bumgarner. And by mourning him in the context of baseball i dont mean in any way to diminish how his loved ones might mourn him (or his unknown or unsung girlfriend) not as a star but in a much more personal and intimate way. But as a lover of the game and of the way it brings meaning to its followers, my heart goes out to Oscar Taveras, his family, and for for the incredible epic narrative that his death will deprive the world of. His first major league home run was against the Giants, and i would have loved to see him cast as a most worthy adversary to my team for many, many years to come. I guess my point is that, Oscar, you will be missed not only by those who knew you but by so many who looked forwards to decades of witnessing your story, whether as a hero or a foil. Your absence will not be missed or overlooked. Rest in peace!
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:59:49 +0000
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