In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way. John Thorn baseballchampionshiphistory Change image and share on social
Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past. John Thorn climaticemploymentexile Change image and share on social
This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family. John Thorn familygreekhome Change image and share on social
Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings. John Thorn beingchildhuman Change image and share on social
One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write this, something happened that had never happened in baseball before. John Thorn absolutelyagobaseball share on social
Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. John Thorn baseballcarnagecondemn share on social
Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off. John Thorn distantfutureinstant Change image and share on social
For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning. John Thorn aprilbaseballcontrast share on social
Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death. John Thorn antitheticalblissfullydeath Change image and share on social
We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions. John Thorn americanappealfan share on social
