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Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, read more
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.
With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am read more
With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them.
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the read more
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies and longings.
We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be read more
We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be hit by a car or drown.
(on why he doesn't use a lonely end)
Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.
Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.
There's nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside
There's nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside
Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago...
Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago...
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
