For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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