Baseball Games and Movies

Yesterday, I attended a major league baseball game with my husband and some friends. I hadn’t been to a baseball game in years- some where in the order of 15-20 years. Needless to say, I pretty much forgot the game, and only remembered the rules when I saw the game come back to life.

What was funny, however, was that I would be chatting away with our friends when I’d look out into the field, and I noticed body posture. It was fascinating. I’d say to my husband, it must be going pretty slow because those guys are bored stiff. Look at how that guy is standing! Look at this other guy. His shoulders are slumped, his arms and legs are loose, and noodle-like. He isn’t anymore interested in being here than waiting at a bus stop.

Go ahead, shoot me, but it’s true!

Then, next time I looked, I saw everyone standing erect, intently focused and on high alert. Bodies were stiff, heads moved swiftly, and sharply. Attention was highly focused–all across the board.

My husband laughed as he’d try to catch me up to what was going on. Of course, he told me, two men were on base and had the potential to make two home runs. Both teams were intently focused. I was too busy chatting to notice that. I just noticed body posture, thank you very much.

One time, I pointed to a guy and I said that guy there, he is on a mission. He is walking with purpose–intense purpose–he has a lot on his mind. My husband laughed and said, “Of course, he is the coach.” Oops. I didn’t realize that! You can clearly see I wasn’t watching the game. I was too busy conversing and noticing body posture.

I can’t help it. It just starred back at me. It was just there, and interesting to see a field of people all display similar postures for the most part, and they’d universal shift from bored to intent–back to bored. It was weird. It certainly was a unique game for me, to say the least.

I wondered for an instant if perhaps that is why I wasn’t a sport enthusiast. How could I get excited over something the players weren’t excited about most of the time? With all things and in fairness to the players, when you do something day in and day out, it becomes dry, boring and mundane. Right?

I also find that I don’t like movies, and one of my readers questioned if perhaps that is because I see actors are “acting”. I’ve always described the fact I don’t like movies because I am a realist and that I like realism. I am not one to do good with make-believe or fantasy. Science fiction makes me yawn tears. I crave realism.

I did recently go to a movie since I’ve come to know that I see lies, and it did change my movie-going experience. I have to admit. I started seeing facial expressions that were out-of-place. I watched one actor struggle in a difficult scene to get the correct emotional response, and he missed it. He just wasn’t able to bring himself to the spot he hoped too. His expression just didn’t make sense.

Yet, there were other times where this actor really hit the emotions on the head, and his facial expressions were smack dab-on, and it grabbed me into the movie. I become lost in the wonder of it all. Some actors get it so right, so perfect, that I am in awe of their ability to do what they do. It’s simply amazing! I don’t think I could act for all the tea in China. I am too much of a realist 🙂

Do you relate?