--- title: "1 Captives Quotes By W. P. Kinsella" description: "1 Captives quotes by W. P. Kinsella. Plus more from W. P. Kinsella and more Captives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/w-p-kinsella-12923_baseball_praise-the-name-of-baseball-the-word-wil_418997.jpg" --- > [Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise the dead. Have you the word of baseball living inside you? Has the word of baseball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/praise-the-name-of-baseball-the-word-will-set-captives-free-the-word/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/w-p-kinsella-12923_baseball_praise-the-name-of-baseball-the-word-wil_418997.jpg) ## Other authors on Captives ## More by W. P. Kinsella > [ I think it is worse \[in 2015\] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/i-think-it-is-worse-in-2015-for-a-mid-list-author-such-as-myself-you/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [ My dad talked a good game. \[I'm as a\] child got only the World Series on the radio. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/my-dad-talked-a-good-game-i-m-as-a-child-got-only-the-world-series-on/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/discovered-w-somerset-maugham-in-about-5th-grade-didn-t-understand/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Read, read, read, read and then read some more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/read-read-read-read-and-then-read-some-more/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/find-something-that-thrills-you-and-when-you-finish-reading-it-for/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/someone-once-described-the-pitching-of-a-no-hit-game-as-like-catching/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/praise-the-name-of-baseball-the-word-will-set-captives-free-the-word/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/heroes-don-t-need-to-talk-about-what-they-did/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/my-intuition-told-me-that-it-was-the-grass-that-was-important-now-it/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [ \[Mid-list writers are now\] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/mid-list-writers-are-now-less-greed-on-the-part-of-both-publishers/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/at-one-time-i-d-been-to-every-park-except-baltimore-and-houston-but/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Have never been a minor league fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/have-never-been-a-minor-league-fan/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [If you build it, he will come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/if-you-build-it-he-will-come/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/until-color-tv-came-along-bw-tv-was-too-muddy-to-be-enjoyable/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) > [He bats like a lightning rod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/he-bats-like-a-lightning-rod/) [W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/captives/w-p-kinsella/#itemlist", "name": "1 Captives Quotes By W. P. Kinsella", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise the dead. Have you the word of baseball living inside you? Has the word of baseball become part of you? Do you live it, play it, digest it, forever? Let an old man tell you to make the word of baseball your life. Walk into the world and speak of baseball. 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