Baseball, boats, and music
A butterfly in the garden of the FDR home Cooperstown would be just any other small town in New York if it wasn’t for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Our beloved Nationals have been having a rough year, especially the last week or so, with the trading of Murphy to the Cubs. But we still enjoyed the Baseball Hall of Fame and learning more about the giants in baseball’s history. The way baseball brought the country together through wars and racism reminds us of why we love to go to the ballgames. Even if we are sitting with those rooting for the opposition we respect each other and can genuinely sympathize when they lose. The legends like Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Jackie Robinson still inspire awe in us. It is hard for us to understand why race was such a barrier in something like baseball but then I am sure we will someday look back at how race still creates barriers today and wonder how we cannot see that we are all brothers and sisters in God’s eyes. There is even...