simplicity of a game

I recently visited Cooperstown, NY to take in the history of America's Pasttime. As I walked through the halls of the musuem and read about ballplayers and teams that brought the game to the next level, I was awestruck at the sheer simplicity of the game of baseball. From sandlots, to alleys, Major League stadiums, to little leauge fields, the US, to the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Japan, the sights, sounds, and smells are all the same and it all breathes simplicty. From the crack of the bat to the ball smacking into the leather, from the laughter of children to the STRIKE! call of the umpire, from the aroma of popcorn and hot dogs in the stands, to the spit and grime of sunflowers in the dugout, it is all the same and it all gives life to the game of baseball.