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We’re drawn to sports in mysterious ways. Even to ho-hum pickleball
Listening to people talk about the sports they play is profound, enlightening and fascinating.
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The writer is not a big pickleball fan but accepts the lure of different sports for different people.
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The most wonderful answers are the ones you aren’t ready for. I was expecting a lesson in science from the intelligent Ben Tan, a doctor, sailor and serious man, or perhaps a tutorial on winds. But what I received first was adventure and naval battles.
I’d asked Tan, Asian Games gold medal-winning sailor from 1994, about why his particular sport was so meaningful and he paused.
