"It is designed to break your heart."

Post by **gohlkus** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:09 pm

A. Bartlett Giamatti wrote:It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

From A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti (<- read more)

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I love this quotation. Maybe it's a little sentimental, but, hey, that's me.

Luckily, we don't have to go year-round without baseball. I want to remember not to take that for granted.

Southpaw Slim · Post by **Southpaw Slim** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:35 pm

That's a great quote, Jason. I'd love to see a thread devoted to baseball quotes like the one above. I'm going to start thinking of the quote I love the most. Michael P's signature comes to mind.

Post by **retep** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:33 pm

"This is a simple game. Your throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball.

"GOT IT!?"

-Bull Durham

tallguy · Post by **tallguy** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:06 am

Who said this about successful hitting:
"See the ball, hit the ball"?
Pretty good in a zen-like way.

Post by **retep** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:03 am

tallguy wrote:Who said this about successful hitting:
"See the ball, hit the ball"?
Pretty good in a zen-like way.

I donno. I think Fankie Firsh (spelling, unsure) said "hit 'em where they ain't"

Post by **Baseball=Life** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:36 am

Actually, I'm 99% sure "hit it where they ain't" was Wee Willie Keeler.

Post by **retep** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:45 pm

Thank you Scott, I agree! My mistake.