Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, among such sinews. His black hair was thick, and tightly curled. His face was strong and smooth. He had the look of a young indomitable centurion ... I cannot imagine Carl Furillo in his prime as anything other than a ballplayer. Right field in Brooklyn was his destiny.
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye. - Roger Kahn
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
- Roger Kahn
Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams. - Roger Kahn
Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams.
No other sporting event can compare with a good Series. The Super Bowl is a three-hour interruption in a week of drink and Rotarian parties. - Roger Kahn
No other sporting event can compare with a good Series. The Super Bowl is a three-hour interruption in a week of drink and Rotarian parties.
Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, am… - Roger Kahn
Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, am…
To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man. - Roger Kahn
To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man.
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press. - Roger Kahn
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorr… - Roger Kahn
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorr…
Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him. - Roger Kahn
Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him.
Horse racing is animated roulette. - Roger Kahn
Horse racing is animated roulette.
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