One year after Game of Shadows, one of the most important books of our time...
Well, no, it's not "one of the most important books of our time," but in the world of sports, it is. And in the world of sports, nothing matters except sports.
If you hate sports, that's one more reason to hate everything about sports: the inflated sense of self-importance that takes for granted that hitting a ball with a stick and/or catching said ball with a glove is worth millions of dollars per year.
If you love sports, it's one more reason to love them: the real problems of the world can be laid aside for a few moments so that we can argue about who's best at hitting that ball with a stick and/or catching said ball with a glove.
Smith raises a very challenging question: When is the right time to leave an organization? He offers one answer - that if your only reason for staying is to get a paycheck, then you should leave. He tempers his argument to say that there are materials needs that sometimes require us to have a non-vocationally-related job. This is something I am going to be praying about.
