With football over, we can turn our eyes to the true American sport

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Of course, football is now the biggest game in America, not because it’s better, but because as our collective attention span, hunger for violence, and constant need for over-stimulation has increased, our ability to appreciate beauty has declined.

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The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again.

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“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.” – Bob Feller

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“Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.” – Leo Durocher

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“You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.” – Roy Campanella

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“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

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“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” – Yogi Berra

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“In baseball, you can’t kill the clock. You’ve got to give the other man his chance. That’s why this is the greatest game.” – Earl Weaver

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“I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.” – Dave Winfield

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