No matter how good you are,
You’re going to lose
one-third
Of your games.
No matter how bad you are
You’re going to win
one-third
Of your games.
It’s the other third that
makes
The difference.
- Tommy Lasorda
Baseball isn’t just a game.
It’s the smell of popcorn
Drifting in the air,
The sight of bugs buzzing
Near the stadium lights,
The roughness of the dirt
Beneath your cleats.
It’s the anticipation
building
In your chest as the anthem
Plays, the adrenaline rush
When your bat cracks against
The ball and the surge of
blood
When the umpire shouts
strike
After you pitch. It’s a team
full
Of guys backing your every
move,
A bleacher full of people
cheering
You on. It’s…life.”
- Katie McGarry
It was one at bat during
October
1975 that defined his [Joe Morgan’s]
Place in baseball history
and secured
The legacy of the Big Red
Machine,
All with one swing.
- Tucker Elliot