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The world is a terrible place right now: The Israel-Hamas war has sparked rampant antisemitism in America and around the world like we haven’t seen in decades. Home mortgage rates are at a 20-year high and groceries are still expensive. We’re tired, anxious and cranky.The constant in-fighting of American politics is often why Americans turn to sports, especially baseball.
Texas Rangers celebrate after winning Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. The Rangers won 5-0 to win the series 4-1. Ross D. Franklin /Baseball almost never disappoints, even when your favorite team can’t win a championship for decades. There’s just nothing like the beauty of a baseball field, the smell of the grass, the beautiful sky above the stadium, and the taste of a warm hot dog and a cold beer.
Fans react after the Texas Rangers win the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at a watch party at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Chris TorresWalt Whitman said baseball will “relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set.” Wouldn’t that be amazing? Baseball won’t stop political infighting. It won’t set border security or immigration problems straight. It won’t stop war.
For once, we can smile, laugh and celebrate together this hard-fought title. Tomorrow, who knows. But today, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and all of North Texas are one.Nicole Russell is an opinion writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She has covered law, politics and cultural issues for The Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal, The Atlantic and The New York Post. She used to live outside the Beltway; now she raises her four kids in Fort Worth.