Commentary: Baseball is timeless and sacred. MLB’s efforts to make it like other sports are not

I’m trying to explain the difference between sacred and profane time to my class on world religions, and baseball exemplifies the sacred variety. The experience of a baseball game offers a way of stepping outside time: At least for a while, no clock is ticking.

Now that , and I’ve been listening to Cactus League games on the car radio as I drive around Los Angeles, I’m transported into a different