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“The sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating or depressing, depending on how you felt about b...”
“I guess somethings turned out too sad even to be explained with a bases-loaded strikeout.”
“Perhaps crossing the barriers of time has freed me.”
“Baseball isn't just a game. It's life being played out on a fielda field of dreamson diamonds of green, where players pursuing their dreams try to be the best they can be on the grandest stage of a...”
“Whos winning?I dont have a f*cking clue nor do I f*cking care.Echos head ticks back.Back off, Beth. I cross the room, drop a kiss on the curve of Echos neck and whisper in her ear, Shed rip me to p...”
“He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball. No. I really dont. He assures me if I stay in town long enough I will become a bas...”
“A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.”
“Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.”
“Practice hard,Train hard,work hard and Play harder.”
“Worrying about things you can't control is a waste both on the baseball field and in life.”
“Four out of five doctors prescribe baseball for whatever ails you. The fifth guy is a quack.”
“DiMaggio's grace came to represent more than athletic skill in those years. To the men who wrote about the game, it was a talisman, a touchstone, a symbol of the limitless potential of the human in...”
“It is unlikely that we will hit a home run anytime soon but if we are unable to get rid of offensive sports team nicknames, we will strike out.”
“This girl owns me, whether she realizes it or not. I'm a slave to her will.”
“His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me.”
“Hes letting me see the real him, something he doesnt allow a lot of people to see.”
“My heart starts to pound as he gets closer and closer to the stands, never taking his eyes off me.”
“A soft moan escapes me, making him smile even more. He's too good at this.”
“Im frozen in place as his eyes rake over me.”
“Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think ab...”
