It’s that time of year for the baseball writers. They get to write 25,000 word essays and all but go on the lecture circuit to painstakingly explain their annual selections for the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting. Not that these fine and dedicated people take themselves too seriously or anything. Not at all.
Lincoln’s iconic Gettysburg Address came in at an economical 272 words. Though different transcripts of Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech show different counts, it is agreed that he got it done in less than 1,000 words.
OK … so who am I to suggest that an extensive (boring?) discourse on the Baseball Hall of Fame candidacies for David Wright, Jimmy Rollins or Andy Pettitte is less important than two incredibly important war-time addresses by Lincoln or Churchill?