Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy; a relief from the seriousness of the real world, with its unending pressures and often grave obligations. — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no longer so,… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
There's an appreciation, not unlike that for dancers or tightrope walkers, of the body undergoing tests and coming through them by courage and technique;… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
Being a sports fan is a complex matter, in part irrational but not unworthy; a relief from the seriousness of the real world, with… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness - as someone… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
