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A Favorite Quote: Taking the Long View

29-Jan-10

I’m no fan of spectator sports, but I often like the writing they inspire. And I love the following sentence, from John Updike’s 1960 New Yorker article about Ted Williams: For me, Williams is the classic ballplayer of the game on a hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake [...]