Like the Megalith on its way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, baseball has been slowly lumbering its way to 2012. When does the season start? Did it already start in Tokyo? I’ve lost track. Perhaps if I wasn’t viewing its arrival thru the viewfinder of the Dodgers, it wouldn’t look so abstract. The Guggenheim Group, or whatever they’re called, is of course a welcome new standard bearer after the McCourt/Rupert Murdoch years. And the wickedly spectacular irony of Murdoch/News Corp/Fox probably paying the Guggenheims 3 BILLION dollars to televise Dodger games (why else do you think you see so many Dodger games on Fox?) when Rupert sold McCourt the team in 2004 for 430 MILLION dollars is pleasing indeed. But will the Guggenheims deliver? Like the fools we forever are, I’m hoping so. But I can’t help but feel like there’s a huge bone crushing boulder careening down a concrete trough right over my head, and the shoddy workmanship on the track will start to show cracks anytime now.Where have you gone, Walter O’Malley?
On the other hand: what do they say about eternal hope in April? Every team’s a contender, right?
Let’s get this party started. Anyone reading this blog is encouraged and invited to send in a personal and penetrating post (or comment) or two, be they written or visual or both, relating to baseball and/or art. I won’t say I’ll accept everything, but I encourage diversity and am pretty open to different points of view, writing styles, etc. Be forewarned: unfortunately, our pay rate is remaining the same as last year, i.e., there is none. Let the submissions begin!
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