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John Thorn Quotes

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. - John Thorn

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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. - John Thorn

The result was very predictable: Nothing. They went back to the Braves. - John Thorn

Second place wouldn't be that important, except in this case second place is held by Babe Ruth, who is the central figure in baseball history. He is more like Paul Bunyan. He's a mythical figure. Passing Babe Ruth is a big deal, but not because he's in second place. - John Thorn

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