"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer."
This quote underscores the unique nature of baseball compared to many other sports, where consistency and high success rates are often valued more. In baseball, players are expected to be successful only about one-third of the time, yet still regarded as good performers. It suggests that in baseball, there's room for error, resilience, and a focus on individual plays rather than overall performance, making it an intriguing and challenging field of endeavor.
"The game of baseball has long been an American pastime and a cultural cornerstone, but to many young boys, it is simply a magical playground for dreams."
This quote highlights the unique role that baseball plays in American culture, particularly in shaping the dreams and aspirations of young boys. Baseball transcends its status as a sport and becomes an imaginative realm where these boys can envision their hopes and ambitions. It symbolizes not just a game, but a magical landscape for nurturing dreams.
"Baseball is a slow-motion sport, the perfect canvas for the abstract expressionist."
Steve Rushin's quote highlights the artistic beauty inherent in baseball, suggesting that its leisurely pace allows for a more detailed examination of the game's nuances, much like an abstract expressionist painter might explore emotions or concepts through their work. In essence, just as an abstract expressionist finds depth and meaning in non-representational art, a baseball fan can appreciate the subtle complexities and underlying themes within the sport.
"In baseball, as in life, the most important thing often occurs at the margins."
This quote emphasizes that significant moments or developments, both in baseball and life, can happen at the periphery – the "margins" – rather than the center stage. The implication is to pay attention not just to the obvious or primary aspects, but also to the less conspicuous elements around them, as they may hold great value or impact.
"Baseball is a game of failure, and in this game, the man who knows it's impossible to make a fool of himself every day never plays."
This quote emphasizes that baseball, like many sports, inherently involves a high degree of failure due to its rules and structure. The "man who knows it's impossible to make a fool of himself every day" is someone who is too cautious or fearful to take risks, thus avoiding the possibility of failure. However, true players understand that failure is an inevitable part of the game, and it is through those failures that they grow and improve. In essence, Rushin suggests that embracing the possibility of failure is crucial for success in baseball, as it encourages a mindset conducive to learning, perseverance, and ultimately, mastery of the game.
Outside Buckingham Palace, the Royal Standard flies only when the reigning monarch is in residence. Sadly, there's no similar flag outside The Woods Jupiter, which Tiger opened in the summer of 2015, spending a reported $8 million to make an upscale sports bar-and-restaurant in his image.
- Steve Rushin
I remember seeing Letterman do stand-up on 'The Tonight Show.' Or, it's probably more accurate to say, I remember hearing him do stand-up, because the Carson show existed mainly as sound leaking under my bedroom door at night. I'd hear Johnny telling jokes and my dad laughing at them.
- Steve Rushin
As a kid, I didn't know that 'All in the Family' was satirizing male chauvinism or that Bobby Riggs was a self-promoting put-on. Many of us didn't get the irony and went on making fun of women and girls who wanted to play sports, especially the same sports that men and boys traditionally played.
- Steve Rushin
I can't putt. The reasons are infinite. When lining up a putt, I can't remember if the ball always breaks to the ocean or to the valley or away from Pinnacle Peak. And because I took up the game in Minnesota, in what is often called Middle America, I also grew up asking, 'To which ocean does it break?'
- Steve Rushin
In 1984, as a college freshman, I spent a fall weekend at a friend's house in suburban Chicago. His father worked for Beatrice Foods, a sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, and we watched that race from the finish line as a Welshman named Steve Jones set a new world marathon record. I was bewitched by the race and, especially, the clock.
- Steve Rushin
It's one thing to wear jerseys at games, which fans have been doing in great numbers for 30 years, dressing as if they might be summoned from the stands on a moment's notice to pinch-run. But those same jerseys are now omnipresent on airplanes, in restaurants, in doctor's waiting rooms.
- Steve Rushin
In 1972, there was still a New York City law prohibiting women there from 'furnishing refreshments to the audience or spectators at any place of public amusement.' That's right: Until the law was repealed in 1977, it was technically illegal for women to work as popcorn vendors in Madison Square Garden.
- Steve Rushin
I'd watch the news with my dad, and he'd quietly mock the anchors. An anchorman might say, 'Police are searching for...' and my dad would say in the anchorman's voice, 'the man who gave me this haircut.' This was in the real Ron Burgundy '70s. And I would laugh and start doing it myself.
- Steve Rushin
After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57. He and my mother had always played tennis - a couples' game of mixed doubles and tennis bracelets and Love-Love. But in mourning, Dad turned Job-like to golf, a game of frustration and golf widows and solitary hours on the range.
- Steve Rushin
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