Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That’s why we get into trouble all the time. We’re always viewed as naive.
If a family is an expression of continuity through biology, a city is an expression of continuity through will amd imagination? through mental choices making artifice, not through physical reproduction.
Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America’s most privileged version of the level field.
On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch — engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.
![A. Bartlett Giamatti Quote - [Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/baseball-breaks-your-heart-it-is-designed-to-break-683x1024.jpg)
![A. Bartlett Giamatti Quote - On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch — engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/on-a-good-day-i-view-the-job-of-president-as-direc-683x1024.jpg)
