Let me qualify this entire entry by stating the fact that I’ve never been a baseball fan. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy going to the occasional Mud Hens or Tigers game. I know and understand the rules and intricacies of baseball. I even understand the infield fly rule. You should know that I also understand the significance and rarity of a “perfect game”.
So when I heard about the recent “miscarriage of justice” that occurred the other night when umpire Jim Joyce blew an obvious call which cost Armando Galarraga the first perfect game in Tiger history, I felt bad for all involved. I felt bad for Galarraga because an obviously great accomplishment was stolen from him (no matter what Governor Granholm tries to declare). I also felt bad for Jim Joyce because that dude will never be able to umpire a Tiger game again, ever…unless he’s suicidal.
With that said, I have one thing to say to all of the angry Tiger fans…CALM DOWN. Seriously, this is a sport, a game, a pastime. Something you watch when there’s nothing important do. This incident exposes how backwards our American priorities are. We can watch the news and hear of tens of thousands of people in some far away country dying of genocide, starvation, a natural disaster, or disease and change the channel in apathy. BUT, if some guy doesn’t make the right call in a game (that in eternity will mean nothing), it ruins our whole day. Someone tell me what is wrong with this picture…
As a nation we have gotten so enamored with our wealth, our gadgets, and our comforts, that our priorities are all upside down. We’re willing to stand in line overnight to be the first to own an iPad, but we whine and complain when we go to a church and the pews are too hard (or too soft). We will watch a 3 hour movie about giant blue people who are trying to save their enormous magic tree (really?) but we can’t seem to squeeze in 15 minutes a day to read the words of an all-knowing, all-powerful God.
I don’t mean for this to sound preachy, because honestly I’m in the same boat. The thing is that I’m starting to recognize it, and it’s making me sick. I’m beginning to reevaluate my priorities to put what’s really important at the top of my list and let all the other stuff slide to the end of the line. I’m not sure what this exactly means for me in practice, but I know if I line up my priorities with God’s priorities I won’t be disappointed.
So when I heard about the recent “miscarriage of justice” that occurred the other night when umpire Jim Joyce blew an obvious call which cost Armando Galarraga the first perfect game in Tiger history, I felt bad for all involved. I felt bad for Galarraga because an obviously great accomplishment was stolen from him (no matter what Governor Granholm tries to declare). I also felt bad for Jim Joyce because that dude will never be able to umpire a Tiger game again, ever…unless he’s suicidal.
With that said, I have one thing to say to all of the angry Tiger fans…CALM DOWN. Seriously, this is a sport, a game, a pastime. Something you watch when there’s nothing important do. This incident exposes how backwards our American priorities are. We can watch the news and hear of tens of thousands of people in some far away country dying of genocide, starvation, a natural disaster, or disease and change the channel in apathy. BUT, if some guy doesn’t make the right call in a game (that in eternity will mean nothing), it ruins our whole day. Someone tell me what is wrong with this picture…
As a nation we have gotten so enamored with our wealth, our gadgets, and our comforts, that our priorities are all upside down. We’re willing to stand in line overnight to be the first to own an iPad, but we whine and complain when we go to a church and the pews are too hard (or too soft). We will watch a 3 hour movie about giant blue people who are trying to save their enormous magic tree (really?) but we can’t seem to squeeze in 15 minutes a day to read the words of an all-knowing, all-powerful God.
I don’t mean for this to sound preachy, because honestly I’m in the same boat. The thing is that I’m starting to recognize it, and it’s making me sick. I’m beginning to reevaluate my priorities to put what’s really important at the top of my list and let all the other stuff slide to the end of the line. I’m not sure what this exactly means for me in practice, but I know if I line up my priorities with God’s priorities I won’t be disappointed.
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