tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post116783578399145160..comments2007-04-19T22:25:47.984-05:00Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1174846714657995172007-03-25T14:18:00.000-05:002007-03-25T14:18:00.000-05:00There are plenty of other connections between baseball and opera: fans of both can cite arcane facts about players/singers from decades ago; people will see the same opera time after time with different casts to see how those particular singers do -- baseball games are the same thing over and over again with fans wanting to see how different pitchers fare against different batters and how a manager will manage the game. The similaries can go on and on. (Besides baseball and opera fans both being rabid on the subject!)Lisa Joneshttp://www.speakingwithsoul.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1167917982664034642007-01-04T07:39:00.000-06:002007-01-04T07:39:00.000-06:00<EM>In the academic world we get little choices about where we can live...</EM><BR/><BR/>I'll second Lance's point (and think a discussion of this might make for an interesting post on its own). Unless you're a star, you go where you get a job. Once you start out someplace, it's fairly difficult to move. Even if you are a star, you may not be able to live in your first or second choice cities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1167908791975345312007-01-04T05:06:00.000-06:002007-01-04T05:06:00.000-06:00<I>In the academic world we get little choices about where we can live...</I><BR/><BR/>I disagree. It seem to me that a neat aspect of the academic world is that we get lots of choices in that respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1167883889973479802007-01-03T22:11:00.000-06:002007-01-03T22:11:00.000-06:00<I>both require a good attention span</I><BR/><BR/>And I thought Baseball was just cricket dumbed down and sped up to accommodate the short attention span of Americans ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1167842377404005632007-01-03T10:39:00.000-06:002007-01-03T10:39:00.000-06:00On New Years Day my friend Alex dragged me to see <I>The Magic Flute</I> at the Met, and I was pleasantly surprised that not only did it not suck, it was damned good. I never knew that the human vocal chords were capable of hitting those notes. But what <I>really</I> made it not suck were (1) the little electronic screens that translate the opera for you, and (2) the birdcatcher Papageno, who ridicules the opera as it proceeds.<BR/><BR/>I have yet to be converted to baseball.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161309448306097395noreply@blogger.com