It is good television when there isn't all that much. Tom Paski won numerous state championships while coaching football and basketball at Bainbridge High School. Now, nearing 90, the highlight on his sporting agenda is watching the Mariners play on television. Night after night after night. Paski grew up in Ilwaco, son of a Finnish fisherman.
Baseball has a rhythm that flows sweetly for months and months.
It is seductive. The contemporary fan can see as well as imagine the atmosphere of the ballpark. He or she gets more information than Leo Lassen could give, if less imagery. Like his mother, Paski doesn't miss a game. But it doesn't stop there.