Plastic bag Quote by Eli Easton

“Fielding was a strange dichotomy of arrogant genius and self-conscious wallflower.”

— Eli Easton

“Phrases and images from the game filtered through his head... hitting the sweet spot, working the rosin bag, over the bat, going deep, in…

— J.D. Ruskin

“Putting Henry at shortstop - it was like taking a painting that had been shoved in a closet and hanging it in the ideal…

— Chad Harbach

“The doctor said a ball hit me. But I don’t remember batting.” “You were in the dugout. Henry made a bad throw.” “Henry did?…

— Chad Harbach

“A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other…

— Jim Bouton

“I attended a breakfast meeting with Fielding...half way through...the cork of nausea abruptly popped in my throat. I only just made it to the…

— Martin Amis

“...baseball freely admits that the sport--like civilized society--is crawling with bums.”

— Dan Gutman

“Henry successfully kept his mind on the game, which might seem strange for a boy who slept beside a wall of magic. But baseball…

— N.D. Wilson

“You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the…

— Jim Bouton

“Molly wondered if these boys really loved baseball, the sound and smell of it, the rhythm of it, the leather and wood, the grass…

— Mick Cochrane

Collectively and individually fielding is largely a matter of thoughts and discipline.

— Ian Peebles

“Well? Is there a problem with my request?” I took a long drink. “The problem is, Fielding, that it’s not going to happen.” “Ooh,…

— Eli Easton