“The present Is too much for the senses, Too crowding, too confusing – Too present to imagine.” – from the poem Carpe Diem by Robert Frost Baseball players play the game for many reasons. When a kid first starts playing baseball it’s probably simply because his mother or father signed him up to play. A … Continue reading
“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.” – Heraclitus (Greek Philosopher, late 6th century BC) [Today’s post is a short follow-up to one from a couple weeks ago entitled “Baseball Is Not A Spectator Sport (For The Players)”. Although … Continue reading
“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
“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