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“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” – the opening lines of a monologue spoken by the character Jaques in Act II Scene VII of the play As You Like It (1623) by … Continue reading
“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.” – Jacques Barzun (French-born American historian, essayist, and educator who helped establish the modern discipline of cultural history; author or New York Times bestseller From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, … Continue reading
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” – Sandy Koufax (pitcher for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers 1955-1966: 1963 NL MVP; 1963, 1965, and 1966 Cy Young Award Winner; inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1972) A pitcher has … Continue reading
“If I’m prepared, I’m confident. I can control that, so I do everything possible to be prepared. That’s as much as I can do.” – Wade Boggs (5-time AL Batting Champ, 3010 Career Hits, .328 Career Batting Average, 12-time All-Star, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005) A fan watching his or her … Continue reading
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” – Proverbs 12:25 Aside from a hot, summer, Saturday afternoon tournament triple-header during which the dugout potentially provides a wanted shady respite from a scorching sun, most players don’t get real excited about finding themselves on The Bench. Players want to … Continue reading
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any … Continue reading
“All the scouts were in agreement on the basic facts about him. Everyone knew that Pedroia was a very good hitter for average, that he had a smart approach at the plate, and that his mental toolbox was ‘off the charts.’ Everyone knew that he had a long swing; that his defense was steady but … Continue reading
“A good friend of mine used to say, ‘This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.’ Think about that for a while.” – Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) from the motion picture Bull Durham (1988) … Continue reading
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