#baseball

God what an outfield,' he says. 'What a left field.' He looks up at me, and I look down at him. 'This must be heaven,' he says. No. It's Iowa,' I reply automatically. But then I feel the night rubbing softly against my face like cherry blossoms; look at the sleeping girl-child in my arms, her small hand curled around one of my fingers; think of the fierce warmth of the woman waiting for me in the house; inhale the fresh-cut grass small that seems locked in the air like permanent incense; and listen to the drone of the crowd, as below me Shoelss Joe Jackson tenses, watching the angle of the distant bat for a clue as to where the ball will be hit. I think you're right, Joe,' I say, but softly enough not to disturb his concentration. ↗

— W.P. Kinsella

#summer #baseball

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#gossip #baseball

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#bassoon #baseball

Well excuse me! How was I supposed to know that a pink baseball cap with a dildo glued on top isn’t a “hard hat”?
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— Jarod Kintz

#hard-hat #baseball

The thing I write will be the thing I write. ↗

— Steve Shilstone

#quote #writing #baseball

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. ↗

— Ted Williams

#baseball #considered #endeavor #field #good

Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her. ↗

— Rafe Esquith

#baseball

My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and baseball games. The Brooklyn Dodgers always win, and I have the best seat in the house, right behind the Dodger's dugout. That's the only advantage that I can see about being dead: You get the best seat in the house. ↗

— Jennifer L. Holm

#baseball

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#drinking #baseball

Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder- and nothing more ↗

— Philip Roth

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