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Watching a Baseball Game; Atlanta, Georgia, 1939.

Watching a Baseball Game; Atlanta, Georgia, 1939.

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Jerry Remy on Carl Yastrzemski

“(Carl) Yastrzemski was one of my idols as a teenager. I’ll never forget his 1967 season when he won the Triple Crown: number one in home runs, RBIs, and batting average. No one has done that since Yaz. […] To the day he finished, you couldn’t beat him on a fastball. He spent a ton of time working on his hitting. If he had a bad day, he would be out in the batting cage after the game. Most guys would be gone. He would still be there.”

mightyflynn:

1973
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Baseball, in its quiet way, was an extravagantly harrowing game. Football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse—these were melee sports. You could make yourself useful by hustling and scrapping more than the other guy. You could redeem yourself through sheer desire.

But baseball was different. Schwartz thought of it as Homeric—not a scrum but a series of isolated contests. Batter versus pitcher, fielder versus ball. You couldn’t storm around, snorting and slapping people, the way Schwartz did while playing football. You stood and waited and tried to still your mind. When your moment came, you had to be ready, because if you fucked up, everyone would know whose fault it was. What other sport not only kept a stat as cruel as the error but posted it on the scoreboard for everyone to see?

Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (via mightyflynn)
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tony king, low and inside, 1972.

tony king, low and inside, 1972.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, #15!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, #15!

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