“As every golfer knows, no one ever lost his mind over one shot. It is rather the gradual process of shot after shot watching your score go to tatters - knowing that you have found a different way to bogey each hole.” KnowsWayMindDifferentFoundLostProcessKnowingShotsGolfHolesDifferent WaysScoreGolfers Author:Thomas Boswell
“In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight. We are seen, worldwide, as an enormously competitive, enthusiastic people who work as hard as we play and play as hard as we work. When baseball - which has traditionally canceled one day of games for huge national celebrations or disasters - stops play for six days, that has reverberations in the national consciousness.” PeopleWayMayHardPlayGamesSportsConsciousnessHugeOne DaySixBaseballWeightDisasterEnormousSymbolsHockeyCelebrationEnthusiasticReverberationAmerican Way Of Life Author:Thomas Boswell
“Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick.” WayArtStatesHandsSeemsFansPicksBaseballReachingDisorderDedicatedWashingObsessiveBaseball GamesBaseball FansObsessive CompulsiveObsessive Compulsive Disorder Author:Thomas Boswell
“An almost inexorable baseball law: A Red Sox ship with a single leak will always find a way to sink No team is worshipped with such a perverse sense of fatality.” WayLawTeamRedBaseballShipsLeaksInexorableFatality Author:Thomas Boswell
