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Spring! Baseball! Yee-Haw!
Mar 18th, 2010 at 12:21am
 
Best time of the year....any ball team you care to mention has got a chance...least that's what their fans think...it's called hope...and a man can't live without that...

I am reminded of a particularly loathed or loved baseball man...who had a way with a quote...Leo Durocher.

Three of my favorites:

Re Jackie Robinson:

"I don't care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a f*****g zebra. I'm the manager of this team and I say he plays."

Re a Willie Mays home run:

"I've never seen a f******g ball leave a f*****g ballpark so f*****g fast in my f*****g life."

And the most famous...though inaccurate:

"Nice guys finish last"

What he actually said, to a sportswriter, in spring training, in reference to the Giants across the field... was something like this.

"(They are) nice guys (but they are gonna) finish last."

Never let it be said that the truth gets in the way of a good story or a good quote.....

Go M's....

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Jon
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Reply #1 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 8:18am
 
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I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan.

I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle.

You see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. 'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball - now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake?

It's a long season and you gotta trust. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.
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Reply #2 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 10:31am
 
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Bring on dem damn Yankees....Oh wait! I better root for the locals.

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Reply #3 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 11:01am
 

  "I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over."

Don Drysdale  (Dodgers Pitcher)   

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Reply #4 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 12:58pm
 
Blake says Yee-Haw for sure and go Cardinals!   Smiley
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