While the ball was in flight he is depicted in archive pictures waving for it to fall fair off the foul pole. Major League Baseball Hall of Fame selections Carlton Fisk, Sparky Anderson and Tony Perez brought into focus for me why covering sports is more enjoyable than writing about entertainment.
Sports are real while entertainment, for the most part, is hype.
In sports you have to earn your accolades. There are no wins, losses, hits, goals, touchdowns or whatever athletes have to start from scratch to prove themselves. Excluding a person's talent in the entertainment field everything from the start is projected as being great or the best. A new movie, recording or TV show has to be sold. Critics and reporters a showered with gifts to encourage them to put in a good word for the product.