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Benny Rodriguez: Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. I mean, if you were having fun you would’ve caught that ball. You ever have a paper route? Scotty Smalls: I helped a guy once. Benny Rodriguez: Okay, well chuck it like you throw paper. When your arm gets here, just let […]

Jimmy Dugan: …if you want to go back to Oregon and make a hundred babies, great, I’m in no position to tell anyone how to live. But sneaking out like this, quitting, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Baseball is what gets inside you. It’s what lights you up, you can’t deny that. […]

“I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn’t. That’s what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts […]

{image, quote} Crowds in the stands. Fresh cut grass. Stealing second. Sliding into home plate. In honor of America’s favorite past-time sport, quotes from my favorite baseball movies will be featured throughout April.

Crowds in the stands. Fresh cut grass. Stealing second. Sliding into home plate. In honor of America’s favorite past-time sport starting up today, quotes from my favorite baseball movies will be featured throughout April. “Pick me out a winner Bobby.” – Roy Hobbs, The Natural {image}

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby{image}