Baseball
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>From: rickt@cris.com (Eric Bergerud)
>Subject: Re: Baseball
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> >With apologies to non-baseball fans (and off topic).
> >
> >Steve Alvin quoted:
> >
> >”I have snatched my share of joys from the grudging hand of fate
> >as I have jogged along, but never has life held for me anything
> >quite so entrancing as baseball.”–Clarence Darrow
> >
> >Let me add another VERY meaningful quote/appriasal:
> >
> >”…Baseball is the greatest game ever invented.”–Frank Layton,
> >former head coach of the National Basketball Association’s Utah
> >Jazz in an interview on KTAR, Phoenix, AZ.
> >
>All American owe baseball and football an immense debt of gratitude. Without
>these noble sports, soccer might be popular on our country. If the American
>people begin to appreciate a game that is played for 90 minutes and OFTEN
>results in a scoreless tie, it is time to close shop. At least yacht racing
>has winners.
>Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930