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Show /port/ BIO MONDAY • OCTOBER 9 • 2006 Courtesy photo/LA Dodgers Dodger stadium is one of the many that Utah baseball fans can drive to easily. Baseball love Jack Jared Waters Sports Writer Sign Up Today For your Student and SAVE at Smith's A baseball stadium captures an experience that embraces all the senses. Anything that has the ability to emote all five senses will hold a lasting influence on the life of the partaker. What is it with sports that captivate our senses? What is it baseball that holds our love? Baseball nearly qualifies for its own sense. Perfection isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind. My love for baseball has been my constant. It has been my medication. It has been my umbrella to count on during the storms of life. I love baseball. 1 need baseball. I would, on occasion, use a baseball to help me sleep through the night. Others my age might have depended on night-lights, teddy bears, "momma," etc. to get them through the night. Not me. The smell of the ball was my aromatherapy. I dare say, I hibernated rather than slept. I am sure this was the main catalyst for my regular dreams of playing in the big leagues, getting that big hit in the World Series, being carried off the field on the shoulders of my teammates, greeting my family in that chaos of congratulations. Nowadays, a newspaper box score is nearly as sufficient as watching a game live. Box scores, how they cram all the games info into nearly a square inch, are amazing. Such a beautiful method of condensing has not been seen since Egyptian Hieroglyphics. For me, box score numbers pre-dated any mathematical training. It seems they post-date my mathematical training also, as parabolas and tangents now fail me. while hits and RBIs are as automatic as an off- season Yankee spending spree. .Nothing beats a live baseball game. With a few ballparks within driving distance, we are privileged. Colorado, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco are all havens for the Utah baseball fan. Going often keeps us young, renewing our lives to the point that is remembered best. The innocence of childhood resuscitated continually between spring and fall. Who wouldn't have a smile on their face as they scarf down a Dodger-Dog? The sound of a bat cracking a fastball is a sound that causes the world to stop, if only for a moment. This euphoric state can only be had at the ballpark. We must embrace these emotions. During these times, you forget what happened at work, on the date or on the freeway. Everyone needs a pastime. Everyone needs a passion. Everyone needs baseball. FOOD & DRUG STORES The card is absolutely FREE! Sign-up takes about ONE MINUTE! M a n will soon le. Hintkiey so Enjoy the benefits INSTANTLY! As a Student Fresh Values Cardholder you will receive: • 5%* discount off every order, every day. No limits! Floods acdtiie. liie Mile's i m IJBKiiesers wit «z\\, efcita aall Hj\ ^ The Feast of Tabernacles Deuteronomy 16:16 Miita sate xiutoeyranddli Kipscf >l« iiij light as !gng as iraj CJB 'Ante -ic saidftiiatit $ la s« 0:1.3lh • 14lli • Each evening al 7pm • 9pm Ari VM &?8 sSail s?art frsit al 3 tee 111 East 100 North • Parowan. Utah test tafigssfertii.sttflesK Me Blind dags ttul JDB'I bart, ugjfit i? "?e sfeife Ihial steep tofoeslaughter,tap?*rter ge tola tte pii. 3 tind k\\ ol sw % 1. ilk U»rd, M IvunJ uhcii \v tin ! ttha! I M \ ; hut when u* do not «h.)l ; fira t r i j i toft ioifliM, long, Iflgg 39a Tiey<iovial:JM*ronWSBIItokHi • • '•n\ !a- ^11 * lm. tier apt vitD Bod hi imi at ik tififtf wtefijertteytrad 0 BCJ ^ w< \l;& foj at aarter E^B Ced DOI thai I should rtian -.«UT lliom, hrinsi Vitf j»By tltaii am JKis. m :asgh at tte rod bilbtr, and sla) than btfofi1 mt," • Extra savings on Smith's Fresh Values specials! • Extra savings by enrolling in the Baby Club, Pet Club and Photo Club! Then Keep The Commandments. ISs aa al flijjtt asd fe* lei tg figH Cc31 mm jirf giri t« glsri Eu tea • Automatic entry into Fresh Values contests and sweepstakes! Do You mnt 10 Live? * imik\ scttiige.fcufots»e cwgtrt lake 19:27 FREE Survival Information at WWW.PAR0WANPR0PHET.COM Jus! 8s!iev5 *cre2:t7-13 • Afcaut Handmaidens 1 Mushroom Clouds Isaiah 3:12 to 4:6Tells Us Why COLLEGE TIMES now online, *Excludes alcohol, tobacco, prescriptions, fuel, postage stamps, money orders and other items prohibited by law. GOOD ONLY AT: 350 North Freedom Boulevard, Provo 45 South State Street, Orem HIM : excellencejaccuracyjinfegrify |