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Baseball and the Bhagavad Gita: A Fan’s Meditation on Opening Day

Baseball and the Bhagavad Gita: A Fan’s Meditation on Opening Day

The critics say of Major League Baseball, that along with its contextual ties to corporate culture and military boosterism, it glorifies…

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Apr 04, 2016
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The critics say of Major League Baseball, that along with its contextual ties to corporate culture and military boosterism, it glorifies the egoistic values at the heart of that exploitative system:

  1. Baseball overemphasizes competition, the importance of winning over losing.

  2. Rivalry between teams fosters division, aggression.

  3. Baseball rewards specialization…

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