baseball

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, John Roca wrote:

> In GR, Pynchon notes that baseball is "webbed with strands of the sinister"
> or something to that effect.  Any ideas on what that phrase means?  Thanks.
> 
> 
organized sports.  esp. anything called an "American Pastime."  SEems a 
looming proposition;  put 'em in a pen and let 'em drink there, eat dog 
ears, kill each other, etc.  Today, they're meeting in stadia to talk 
about God and the family--a contemporary men's only club.

I'm strictly a basketball fan--I know, same rules apply.  

Bonnie