« The best part of baseball is the part with the least action »
A quote from Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. This could be seen as a critique of the sport, highlighting its boring side. But on the contrary, it points out that watching baseball requires a keen eye for the lulls in action. This leaves room for conversation, discussion, meeting, escape, and ultimately, inspiration.
Read below a very enriching article on the connection between this sport and literature, attempting to explain why so many authors, writers, and essayists have been drawn to baseball through writing.
Japan, of course, is no exception in this regard, and Haruki Murakami, a very famous writer in Japan, recounts in his autobiography « What I Talk About When I Talk About Running » that baseball is the primary source of his inspiration and writing.
