“Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people.”
— John Thorn
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Category: hope
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Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and
“Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.”
— John Thorn
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Category: future
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But baseball bounced back in the next
“But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.”
— John Thorn
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Category: dreams
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Baseball presents a living heritage, a game
“Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.”
— John Thorn
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I think that much of this was
“I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth.”
— John Thorn
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Category: death
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For many in baseball September is a
“For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.”
— John Thorn
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More fundamentally, it is a dream that
“More fundamentally, it is a dream that does not die with the onset of manhood: the dream is to play endlessly, past the time when you are called home for dinner, past the time of doing chores, past the time when your body betrays you past time itself.”
— John Thorn
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Category: home
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