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Murray
is 40% done
A re-read. Despite GR’s erroneous recent postings I haven’t looked at this book in years. I remembered only the most basic highlights. The rest is like new.
His writing is beautiful. Metaphors and similes snap with colors and contours. The movie is good but the book is 100x more - deeper and thicker and richer. Bats crack, baseballs sing, ball mitts thump, cut grass brings the sting of green to my nostrils.
— May 23, 2026 05:49PM
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His writing is beautiful. Metaphors and similes snap with colors and contours. The movie is good but the book is 100x more - deeper and thicker and richer. Bats crack, baseballs sing, ball mitts thump, cut grass brings the sting of green to my nostrils.
Murray
is 20% done
"God what an outfield," he says. "What a left field."
He looks up at me and I look down at him.
“This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Iowa," I reply.
— May 22, 2026 05:47PM
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He looks up at me and I look down at him.
“This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Iowa," I reply.
Murray
is 10% done
God what an outfield, he says. What a left field.
He looks up at me and I look down at him.
This must be heaven, he says.
No, it’s Iowa, I reply.
— May 22, 2026 05:27PM
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He looks up at me and I look down at him.
This must be heaven, he says.
No, it’s Iowa, I reply.
