There is no Baseball in Heaven

Picture taken and edited by Daniel Millhouse

Three out of every four Americans believe in some sort of afterlife according to a poll conducted by CBS in 2014. Most of the people that believe in an afterlife believe that Heaven exist and is the perfect place to spend eternity. Heaven is supposed to be the place that is literally perfect and residents of Heaven are always happy. If this is the case, then it could be argued that in Heaven, competitive sports such as baseball doesn't exist.

Maybe this is the reason that so many ghosts in Field of Dreams wanted to play on Ray Kinsella's baseball field in the middle of an Iowan cornfield.

The reason being, especially in team sports, there are always losers. If Heaven is supposed to be a place of complete and eternal happiness, then how could a batter strike out against a pitcher in a baseball game played in Heaven? How could a fielder misplay a grounder, putting the winning run on base? This would seem that someone, even if for a short amount of time, would be unhappy in Heaven.

Could it be possible that there is no baseball in Heaven? For some of those on Earth, baseball is their favorite sport of all time and for some others, baseball is life. If there is no baseball then in the afterlife then how could they be as happy? Maybe it could be that God or whoever is in charge of the spirits, changes your mind about baseball not being so important, but if this is true, then wouldn't that impinge on free will?

In the opposite end of the spectrum, it doesn't seem possible that baseball would exist in Hell either. There's always a winner which doesn't feel like something that there would be in Hell. Unless every time before a game starts, there's a rainout and everyone is disappointed, but then there still wouldn't technically be baseball in Hell. Just the idea.

If the idea of Heaven in What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams is the most accurate, then it's possible to play baseball and even have fun (as long as you keep winning) with some sort of creations of ballplayers you mentally create, but they wouldn't be real people/souls then. Playing against some sort of projection of a baseball player, especially one that lets you win in every instance seems empty.

The same can be said of other sports such as football, soccer, basketball, tennis, etc. There's always a loser and if there is, are you really in Heaven?