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KIN 249: Lecture 4.2

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Mike Piazza on post-9/11 play

I'm glad to give people a diversion from the sorrow, to give them a thrill. (Mike Piazza)

Stadium full of flag waving post 9/11

Stadium full of flag waving post 9/11

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Lecture Notes

In the wake of 9/11, baseball embodied Mandelbaum's arguments about diversion and clarity most of all. As Mike Piazza noted: "I'm glad to give people a diversion from the sorrow, to give them a thrill." The safety of the nation may have shifted, but baseball was still a welcome diversion and a place of clarity in a crazy world.