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W. P. Kinsella was a Canadian novelist whose works often explored themes of baseball and small-town life. His most famous novel, 'Shoeless Joe', was adapted into the film 'Field of Dreams'.

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“My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.”

World Children Games Dad Series My Dad Radio World Series

Author:W. P. Kinsella

“1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.”

Ifs Home Games Memories Red Cat Radio

Author:W. P. Kinsella

“Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That's why they say, "the game is never over until the last man is out." Colors can change, lives can alter, anything is possible in this gentle, flawless, loving game.”

Ifs Men Happens Lasts Games Simple Perfect Color Pure Ocean Baseball Gentle Life Changing Diamond Tides Reverse Anything Is Possible Flawless Anything Can Happen

Author:W. P. Kinsella

“Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.”

Knows Important Games Sports Player And Love

Book:Shoeless Joe

Source: Shoeless Joe

“Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike.”

Two Games Baseball Famous Baseball Snowflake Baseball Games Fingerprints

Book:Shoeless Joe

Source: Shoeless Joe

“Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.”

Games Baseball Bottles Catching Lighting Pitching Softball

Author:W. P. Kinsella

“It is the same game that Moonlight Graham played in 1905. It is a living part of history, like calico dresses, stone crockery, and threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins.”

Games Eating Stones Baseball Dresses Tables Indian Crew Coins Handful Moonlight Pennies

Book:Shoeless Joe

Source: Shoeless Joe

“I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.”

Games Heard Hero Baseball Boxes Score

Author:W. P. Kinsella

“Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.”

People Ifs Should Play Home Young Games Draws Baseball Meant To Be Contemplative Without Music

Author:W. P. Kinsella

About the Author

Born: May 25, 1935
Died: September 16, 2016
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 55

Books & Sources

Shoeless JoeRelated source material

The Iowa Baseball ConfederacyRelated source material

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