Play Ball!: Quotes on America's Favorite Pastime
Quote-a-Page Books contain quotes, poems, prose excerpts, and anecdotes, all carefully selected to present a compelling book that readers will pick up and browse through for inspiration, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0836207211
ISBN13:9780836207217
Release Date:September 1995
Publisher:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Length:373 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:4.5" x 1.0" x 4.5"
Customer Reviews
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Statements about baseball from fans, executives, writers, players, managers, coaches and even umpire
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Baseball is deeply interwoven into the American group persona. There is no time clock and very little dynamic action. Most of the activity takes place between the ears of every person watching it. It is not a game that can be enjoyed when ignorant, to savor it, you must understand it. This book includes some of the best statements about baseball, how it is played, umpired and watched. The quotes come from fans, sportswriters, executives, umpires, coaches, managers and players. In combination, they tell a story about what baseball truly is. A game, a business, a recreation and more than a little bit a religion.
Reflections and witticisms from lovers of baseball
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This paperback is small in format, but it makes a great coffee-table book. I've observed many a guest in my house pick up the book, leaf through the pages, start to chuckle and, inevitably, exclaim, "Listen to this one!" The quotations span several decades and come from fans (including Humphrey Bogart), managers, umpires, players, journalists, and U.S. presidents. Many of the observations about the game apply to life in general. Take this statement, attributed to Vernon Law, a pitcher: "Experience is a hard teacher, because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." However, readers need some knowledge of baseball to understand and appreciate most of the quotations. Here's pitcher Bill Lee, reacting to his first glimpse of the Green Monster at Fenway: "Do they leave it there during games?"There is just one quotation on each page, so it's easy and tempting to pick it up occasionally, read a few pages, then return to it another time. This is a fun book -- to own and to give as a gift.
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