Today Cincinnati Reds pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in Goodyear, Arizona, so I owe the internet a baseball illustration. It's tradition, after all! But I will be honest, I was stuck for a while. What baseball art could possibly meet the moment, when my government is being dismantled with gleeful hostility, in order to extract the highest possible harm to the most vulnerable people?
Then I remembered that we lost the great James Earl Jones last year, and inspiration struck. Baseball brings me joy. Art brings me joy. Stories bring me joy. We need joy right now.
Also! Never forget that Field of Dreams is a movie about book banning. Be like Annie and fight for the right to read.
[Memory lane: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024]
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