Baseball is a game with pops, cracks, puffs of chalk, dirt and smoke, shadows, gasps, sudden movement, hope, ritual, heroes, goats, GOAT, numbers, rules, statistics, disappointment, occasional bad behavior of fans, of players, managers, umpires and coaches. There’s joy, smells, grass, wood, funny language, weird language, invented language, bad language, foreign language, dirty language, chants, vendor busk, shouts, restless crowds, unified crowds, silly humor, good humor, shenanigans, on field and off, tricks, deception, distraction, surprise.