Jim Brosnan quotes
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“When 20,000 people applaud you as you walk out to do your job, it should be an inspiration.”
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“Umpires are most vigorous when defending their miscalls.”
-- Jim BrosnanSource : Jim Brosnan (1962). “Pennant Race”
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“Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.”
-- Jim BrosnanSource : Jim Brosnan (1962). “Pennant Race”
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“All coaches religiously carry fungo bats in the spring to ward off suggestions that they are not working.”
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Source : "The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1977
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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“Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.”
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“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”
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