"...those few moments, getting rarer all the time by all accounts, when one is first exposed to impossibly high standards, to books that are our judges and not the other way around, that excitement of learning not yet canceled out by careerist fears---that brief time in youth when you read in a pure state, not because you are innocent, but because you are watching yourself get smarter."
Charles Newman
RIP Dave Parker, All Hail Bobby Bonilla Day
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Two Pittsburgh Pirates greats who I saw play in their prime were in the
news this week. One of them gave me a memorable baseball thrill, and the
other ...
5 days ago
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