Inning by inning commentary:
Pregame: Men come together and formulate rules of the game, including equality before THE Head Umpire.
1st Inning: Red team shows up. Umpires show up. No opponent for Red team found. Unopposed, the Red team scores 15 runs. Score: 15-0
2nd Inning: Red team needs another team on the field, so procures Blue team from across the field. While Blue team is trying to learn the rules, Red team scores 9 runs. Red team considers giving bats to Blue team but decides against it. Score 24-0
3rd Inning: Red team continues to dominate, scores 12 more runs. Umps force Red team to let Blue team use bats instead of sticks. Score 36-0
4th Inning: Umpires confer. Home plate ump announces that it is unfair that Red team gets 6 outs each inning while Blue team gets 1. 3rd base ump disagrees and continues to call all Red team base runners safe. Blue team shows a little defiance, still only gets 1 out. Score 43-0
5th Inning: Umps confer again. This time umps agree--the 3rd base ump reluctantly--that out situation is unfair, implement "3 outs each team each inning" rules supposedly guaranteed in original rules developed in pre-game. Red team refuses to share aluminum bats technology with Blue team. Score 46-1
6th Inning: Umps force Red team to share bat and ball technology. Also decide that in order to rectify past unfairness, Blue team will get 4 outs for 1 inning. Score 47-7
7th Inning: Several Red team members complain to umps about extra out. Cry "reverse unfairness." 3rd base ump suggests Blue team goes back to 2 outs as penalty. Score 49-8
8th Inning: Many Blue team members give up on the game as hopeless to win. Red team doesn't understand and calls Blue team "lazy."
It's now the top of the 9th. What happens from here?
3 comments:
we pray for forgiveness and cheer when we find an opportunity to boost a blue team member, hoping that his/her rise will inspire others and that one day (maybe with the help of some friendly policies designed to restore equality) blue team members will be able to imagine a country where all men are not only created equal but have equal access to education, health care, and safe living environments.
That's a good story for a classroom or some gathering, to break into groups and figure out what happens in the 9th. Did you make it up?
Pablo, I doubt I'm the first to use a sports metaphor to describe this, but the inning by inning detail is mine.
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