Baseball has a lot of sayings, some clever, some tired and some endearing. A phrase that I hear a lot, especially from former baseball players who are now broadcasters, is something along these lines: "One great thing about baseball is that you always see something you've never seen before." This saying has always struck me as rather parochial, meaning it's a narrow way of looking at things. Many players and fans love the game so much that it's all they see. But anyone could possibly cite a million different activities, pursuits, etc., in which something happens in that particular activity that had never happened before. Baseball isn't special in that area. Sure, if you're comparing baseball to tic-tac-toe, then, yeah, baseball can produce a lot more scenarios. But I've viewed or participated in enough events that didn't have anything to do with baseball where I've said or thought, "well, that's never happened before." ...
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