Monday, September 10, 2012

The Best Baseball Story I Ever Heard

This has nothing to do with the stated purpose for my starting this blog.

The best baseball story I ever heard was in a Sports Illustrated article about a little-known pitcher who had used steroids in the 1980s and 1990s.  The subject of the article was waiting out a rain delay in the clubhouse when the rain stopped and the team was told they were going to play that day.  Centerfielder Bernie Williams was excited by the prospect; the subject of the article, for whom baseball was just a job, much less so.  "You want to play?" the latter asked.

"Of course," said Williams.  "What else would I want to do?"

I found this so endearing that it is my very favorite baseball story, even though it's about the Yankees.  Williams articulated how I feel about class most of the time, how I virtually always feel about my writing, and how I feel about watching baseball more often than not.

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