Charles Fountain > Quotes

“The beginning of spring training each year has always been a moment of hope, a reassurance that the landscape of snow and gray skies and barren trees will soon pass, and the world will again be green.”
― Charles Fountain, Under the March Sun : The Story of Spring Training

“Everything you needed to play baseball was in the Garden of Eden. You had the grass. You had the dirt. You had a branch from a tree to make a bat. There had to be a cow somewhere to give you the ball and the glove. I was telling this story once and some wise guy said: ‘Yeah, they even had a snake for the media.”
― Charles Fountain, Under the March Sun : The Story of Spring Training

“Only a mediocre team is always at its best,”
― Charles Fountain, Under the March Sun : The Story of Spring Training