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Baseball Is This Intense Subculture That Actually Doesn't Speak Very Much For The Larger Culture.

The Red Sox Are A Curious Thing Because So Much Here Is Media Driven. You Can't Go Fire Half Your Scouts Here Because They Are All Friends With The Local Reporters. Your Life Is Going To Hell In The Papers.

The Institutions At The Centre Of Capitalism Are Bigger Than They've Ever Been, The Pay Is Much Greater, The Ability Of Society To Get Its Arms Around It Is Much Less. The Political Clout Of The Financial Class Is Unbelievable. I'd Say The Story Is Darker Than When I Was There. When I Was There It Felt Like A Comedy - And Now It Feels More Like A Tragedy.

We Aren't Natural Statisticians. What We Are Is Natural Storytelling Machines. And So What We Do After We Have The Facts In Hand Is Build A Story To Explain The Facts.

There's A Certain Status To Suffering In Ireland, That The Person Who - If You're Sitting Around A Table, The Person With The Greatest Status Is The Person Who Had The Most Horrible Thing Happen To Them Most Recently.