Quote of the Day (Jonathan Eig, As Baseball and Football Compete for Our Attention)

“In baseball, we can see our heroes’ faces. In football, players would be all but indistinguishable if not for the numbers on their backs and the TV closeups. Baseball is in our lives every day, through spring, summer and fall. It unfolds like life. Football comes and goes like a loud and drunken uncle.” —Jonathan Eig, “The Men of Autumn,” The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 23-24, 2014