Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution.
~Herbert Hoover
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Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution.
~Herbert Hoover
I’m guessing, given his preference for the llaissez faire brand of government, Hoover would have been a John McNamara kind of manager.
Ouch.
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I’m not one for superlatives especially of the sweeping variety, “greater impact,” but when it comes to baseball and America, well I say, Hooooorah Americah!