Quote of the day
Posted: August 7, 2016 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, quotes, Roger Angell 4 CommentsAny baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal design and utility. It is a perfect object for a man’s hand. Pick it up and it instantly suggests its purpose; it is meant to be thrown a considerable distance, thrown hard and with precision.
~Roger Angell
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What took so long for the Hall to recognize him? Incomprehensible.
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Agreed. Reading his work is always a pleasure.
Seconded.
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