“Romance is about putting things aright after some tragedy has put them asunder. It is about restoration of the right relations among things and going home is where that restoration occurs because that is where it matters most.” HomeRomanceRestoration Book:Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games Source: Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games
“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.” FirstsShowsHomeFacesTurnsLanguageGrowsPathJourneySeaColorBaseballThirdsGreenDeeperSpeedFamiliarIslandsFriendlyShoreFoeTheftIndirectHomecomingReefsGuileSkimmingFriendly Faces Book:A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti Source: A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
“We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.” LittlesSelfHomeGamesInterestLevelsFansTalentBuildingCollegeBaseballSpreadObligationLeaguePoolSelf InterestBabeRuthBuilding UpLittle League Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti
