Postmodern infield

The premise of postmodernism in philosophy eschews absolutes in favor of relativism. I daresay it has inundated even baseball. The Braves lost to the Cardinals in Chipper Jones' final run for the World Series title tonight, ostensibly on an "infield fly" called last-moment in the outfield. To be fair, the Braves did make several throwing errors to put them behind, and the Cards should have made that now-infamous catch, but they didn't. How can an umpire call a ball an infield fly when it's halfway between the dirt of the infield and the warning track? The rulebook states that an infield fly must be "easily caught" by an infielder and the infield fly must be called with a fair amount of time. While the short stop should have caught it, he was not in position to catch it until it was nearly on the ground. I'd say that's not "easily caught" by minor-league standards. Maybe it is by major league standards. And the poor ump must have been on slow-motion if he waited that long to call it! It nearly hit the ground before his hand went up.

So, when the next batter walks, he doesn't walk in a run. He just walks.

Or maybe, in the postmodern baseball world, he skipped.

Rant over. Now the real issue--the Braves' fans threw glass bottles and debris from all levels of the stands in protest to the bad call. They endangered the health and safety of the men on the field, and they delayed the game because they didn't get things their way. I fear American people haven't been taught how to effectively and maturely deal with frustration and conflict, and it will cause harm and distress their whole lives. We have lost the art of maturity.