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When Bonn began working on this essay, it was, in a sense, an effort to make sense out of his own upbringing.

They collaborated on this essay, in which Feller, nicknamed Rapid Robert for his fastball, reflected on his decision to enlist in the Navy during World War II and miss almost four seasons of major league baseball.

They collaborated on this essay, which not only relived perhaps the sport's most famous moment, but also a day when Thomson feared he would be remembered as, of all things, a goat.

The M.I.T. computational theorist Scott Aaronson (with whom I consulted on this essay's factual assertions) wrote on his blog, "If Vinay Deolalikar is awarded the $1,000,000 Clay Millennium Prize for his proof of P ≠ NP, then I, Scott Aaronson, will personally supplement his prize by the amount of $200,000".

I thank Michael Zimmerman for helpful comments on this essay.

Note: Since the publication of this essay on February 14 , 2010 a magnificent essay on the same subject by Jason Epstein appeared in the March 11 , 2010issue of the New York Review of Books.

Note: Also, thank you to Jonathan Libov for commenting on previous versions of this essay.

Thanks to David Billings, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Kevin Vallier, Paul Weithman, Lori Wilson, and several anonymous referees for their helpful feedback on earlier drafts of this essay.

I originally published a version of this essay on Queerty.

Find more of Anne Almasy's writing and photographs, including the original publication of this essay, on her website, www.annealmasy.com.