"The Road to the Big's"

[uvasurfer]

I wanted to introduce "The Road to the Big's" with a prominent quote from the distant past, and found this one most suitable:

“Baseball is for every boy a good, wholesome sport. It brings him out of the close confinement of the schoolroom. It takes the stoop from his shoulders and puts hard, honest muscle all over his frame. It rests his eyes, strengthens his lungs, and teaches him self-reliance and courage. Every mother ought to rejoice when her boy says he is on the school or college nine.”
—Walter Camp, 1889

Baseball is the greatest game ever conceived by man.

GB

 

[Stewart]

Baseball is the greatest game ever conceived by man.

We have an equivalent over here in the UK. It's called 'rounders'. Girls play it.

puts hard, honest muscle all over his frame.

How come all the baseball players I've seen are overweight lumps?

 

[mehastings]

How come all the baseball players I've seen are overweight lumps?

You must be thinking about football. Most baseball players are on the thinner side. The Red Sox used to have some downright hot ones.

 

[Samerron]

Baseball is the greatest game ever conceived by man.

What about hockey? or Cricket? I mean only one part of the world plays Baseball!

 

[SevenWritez]

I've never been a fan of baseball. It's way too slow a sport for my tastes.

I prefer to chase people down and hit them, i.e Soccer and Football.

Oh! And I love Tennis and Fencing as well. One on one sports rock, because when you win, your narcissistic little ego doubles in size. Mine does, anyway.