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“His separation from us was rendered moot the moment we all laced up our shoes and ran out onto the field. Here we could be one and yet stay individuals. Baseball is American like that.”
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
“Could a thing like baseball ever be forgotten? Many thought it a highly improbable suggestion.”
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
“What’s in a glove? And for that matter, where might a glove have been, or gone, and to what future did all these worn-out pieces of leather, stitched together with the precision of shotgun blast, have awaiting them?”
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
“If a sport could ever be art, baseball would be it.”
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
“We were like warriors of chance, drawn into the trajectory of a mean god whose spirit was unpredictable.”
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
― Stand on the Bench, Achilles
