"The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined……" — John Thorn
"The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball."
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38 Quotes by John Thorn
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Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It…
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But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition,…
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In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way.
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And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore…
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Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next…
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One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two…
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Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But…
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Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can…
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Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play,…
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Although the world proved not yet ready for the brotherhood of baseball, that would be only a matter of time,…
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We know these men are professionals whose services are up for bid and whose bags are packed, and yet we…
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Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young…
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More Attendance Quotes
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From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For…
— Drew Barrymore
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After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of…
— Horace Mann
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Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my…
— William Shakespeare
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Soul winning is not a method; it is a command. We are supposed to go soul winning and do soul…
— Jack Hyles
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No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see…
— Frank Robinson
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I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth…
— Henry David Thoreau
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With all the media attention, all the love from the fans, I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that…
— Jeremy Lin
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The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of…
— George Washington
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To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the…
— Billy Graham
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I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at…
— Gerald Asher
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America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance…
— Ronald Reagan
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