Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro? John Thorn appealballparkbarry share on social
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
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
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
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
Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off. John Thorn distantfutureinstant Change image and share on social
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
