Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young. John Thorn backyardballbaseball Change image and share on social
This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League. John Thorn fanilluminateinterest Change image and share on social
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. John Thorn backbaseballbirth 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
The heroes of our youth grow old - 'the boys of summer in their ruin', in Dylan Thomas's verse - yet we seem the same. John Thorn boydylangrow Change image and 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
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
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. John Thorn attendancebasketballcaliber Change image and share on social
