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There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

George Vecsey
Sports, Baseball, Football
George Vecsey (1989). “A Year in the Sun: The Games, the Players, the Pleasure of Sports”, Crown Publishers

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

George Vecsey
Baseball, August, Radio
George Vecsey (2008). “Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game”, p.95, Modern Library

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.

George Vecsey
Hockey, Healthy, Cups

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

George Vecsey
Art, Robins, Gorgeous

Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.

George Vecsey
Baseball, Stories
George Vecsey (2008). “Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game”, p.45, Modern Library

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

George Vecsey
Stupid, People, Stupidity

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

George Vecsey
Definitions, Championship, Historic

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.

George Vecsey
Softball, Baseball, Player

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