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Category Archive: John Thorn

John Thorn Quote: “We are fans because the game…”

We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions.

October 16, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “More fundamentally, it is a dream…”

More fundamentally, it is a dream that does not die with the onset of manhood: the dream is to play endlessly, past the time when you are called home for dinner, past the time of doing chores, past the time when your body betrays you past time itself.

September 23, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “This was nostalgia in the literal…”

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one’s home and family.

September 20, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “Baseball presents a living heritage, a…”

Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.

September 7, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “In response to the challenge of…”

In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community’s armed might as well as its pride of place and clan.

August 30, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “If I haven’t made myself clear…”

If I haven’t made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.

August 12, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “Yes, we’ve seen it all before….”

Yes, we’ve seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling – baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.

August 10, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “Distant replay morphs into instant replay…”

Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.

July 18, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “Finally, for all of us but…”

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.

July 16, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

John Thorn Quote: “Award trophies, as opposed to letting…”

Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work.

July 13, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

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