"Baseball is America’s game. It is planned and    orderly, the action starts and stops, and every next moment seems a brand new chance. Effort matters; skill matters more. Time is slow – you only move when you are ready. The game goes on until a winner is declared. Time is infinite. The game could go on forever. Hockey is messy and confused. Its action rarely stops. One moment runs into the next, and its past lives on in its present and future. Skill matters, effort matters as much, time matters more. Time is finite. A game must end. Time is short and beyond control. Baseball is a game of the imagination, a mythical game. It is a demonstration of life as we might wish it to be. Hockey is real life."  - Ken Dryden

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