The cross is the burden to bear, and saying it's in the ballpark is like saying it's closer than we'd like to believe, as if to say the "Some people say a lie is just a lie (probably to ourselves)" but burden we bear from it is closer than we like to believe..."
Truth. Simon acknowledged this in his appearance on that old Bob Costas show (Costas thought it referred to the holiness of baseball obv).
""The cross is in the ball park"
The cross is the burden to bear, and saying it's in the ballpark is like saying it's closer than we'd like to believe, as if to say the "Some people say a lie is just a lie (probably to ourselves)" but burden we bear from it is closer than we like to believe..."
Truth. Simon acknowledged this in his appearance on that old Bob Costas show (Costas thought it referred to the holiness of baseball obv).