Roger Towne

Oct 25, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Dan Mecca |Annie Lyons |Ella Kemp |Roger Towne

“Baseball is a beautiful thing,” Bob Costas says at the beginning of Ken Burns’ documentary series Baseball. It’s also “a haunted game,” something journalist John Chancellor says moments later. Both things are true at the same time. No other game of sport so succinctly reflects the agony and ecstasy of American life. When I was eleven years old, I was pitching in the championship game of my little league. We were up by one run in the bottom of the last inning.