This was nostalgia in the literal greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one’s home and family. — John Thorn
This illuminates not only fans’ interest in major league teams but also the minors and even little league. — John Thorn
The national league was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor. — John Thorn
The heroes of our youth grow old – ‘the boys of summer in their ruin,’ in dylan thomas’s verse — John Thorn
Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people. — John Thorn
Yes, we’ve seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. — John Thorn
If I haven’t made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century. — John Thorn
In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way. — John Thorn
In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a — John Thorn