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Diamond Quotes

Diamond Quotes “Baseball isn’t necessarily an escape from reality, though it can be; it’s merely one of our many refuges within the real where we try to create a sense of order on our own terms.” thomas boswell “Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.” robert frost “Brains are as much a necessity in base-ball as in any other profession. The best ball players are the most intelligent, though, of course, natural intelligence is here meant and not necessarily that which is derived from books.” john montgomery ward “It’s not a game of inches, like you hear people say. It’s a game of hundredths of inches.” rube bressler “There is no reason why the fi eld should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife’s fi delity and his mother’s respectability.” george bernard shaw “If the time ever comes that the fan and player believe the umpire is infallible, then baseball will lose one of its strongest points, the blaming of the umpire for every defeat.” dave wyatt “Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing.” marianne moore “I don’t want to be a star. Stars get blamed too much.” enos cabell “No one pays attention to a shipbuilder.” george steinbrenner http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture University of Nebraska Press

Diamond Quotes

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture , Volume 19 (2) – Jul 21, 2011
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“Baseball isn’t necessarily an escape from reality, though it can be; it’s merely one of our many refuges within the real where we try to create a sense of order on our own terms.” thomas boswell “Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.” robert frost “Brains are as much a necessity in base-ball as in any other profession. The best ball players are the most intelligent, though, of course, natural intelligence is here meant and not necessarily that which is derived from books.” john montgomery ward “It’s not a game of inches, like you hear people say. It’s a game of hundredths of inches.” rube bressler “There is no reason why the fi eld should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife’s fi delity and his mother’s respectability.” george bernard shaw “If the time ever comes that the fan and player believe the umpire is infallible, then baseball will lose one of its strongest points, the blaming of the umpire for every defeat.” dave wyatt “Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing.” marianne moore “I don’t want to be a star. Stars get blamed too much.” enos cabell “No one pays attention to a shipbuilder.” george steinbrenner

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