Leo Durocher Is A Man

I Cannot Face My God Much Longer Knowing That His Black Creatures Are Held Separate And Distinct From His White Creatures In The Game That Has Given Me All That I Can Call My Own.

A Game Of Great Charm In The Adoption Of Mathematical Measurements To The Timing Of Human Movements, The Exactitudes And Adjustments Of Physical Ability To Hazardous Chance. The Speed Of The Legs, The Dexterity Of The Body, The Grace Of The Swing, The Elusiveness Of The Slide - These Are The Features That Make Americans Everywhere Forget The Last Syllable Of A Man's Last Name Or The Pigmentation Of His Skin.

Baseball People, And That Includes Myself, Are Slow To Change And Accept New Ideas. I Remember That It Took Years To Persuade Them To Put Numbers On Uniforms.

Luck Is A Residue Of Design.

Baseball Is A Game Of Inches.