“It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet. It is purer than any dance because the actions of the players are not governed by music or crowded into a formula by a director. The movement is natural and unrehearsed and controlled only by the unexpected flight of the ball.” ActionFormGamesSportsNaturalPlayerMovementDirectorsBaseballBallsAssumingPatternsFlightUnexpectedControlledFormulasBalletCrowded Author:Jimmy Cannon
“A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong” WritingGuySportsExpertsBeing WrongAlibis Author:Jimmy Cannon
“He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.” CharacterWantedSportsGreatnessIdolsDisagreeable Author:Jimmy Cannon
