"In the glory days of Orioles, when I……" — Jane Leavy
"In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers was as good as the everyday lineup. Singy - Ken Singleton - Flanny, and Cakes - the underwear spokesman Jim Palmer - were my go-to guys, occupying stalls along one wall of the shabby chic clubhouse."
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16 Quotes by Jane Leavy
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There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too.…
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When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf.
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In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved…
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On winter Sundays when I was a child, we waited for my father to return from his tennis game with…
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He really loved baseball and loved being on the field. But Mantle was lonely in a lot of ways. He…
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Indianapolis proved to be the perfect Super Bowl city, accommodating in the truest sense of the word.
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Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor…
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Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is:…
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Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb.…
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There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak…
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Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field…
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In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude…
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