Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIBaseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIWinning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIFor me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIUniversities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they’re here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIMajor sports are major parts of society. It’s not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTISome of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIMy goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIPeople will say I’m an idealist. I hope so.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIThe professionals must set a good example.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIThere’s nothing bad that accrues from baseball.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIThe university is our culture’s assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIOn 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 GIAMATTIAmericans 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.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIAll I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTIThis is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you’re going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI