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Christy Mathewson
American
Athlete
About the author
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#First
#Woman
#Training
#Theater
#Spring
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#Acting
#Talk
#Work
#Nothing
#Heart
#Baseball
#Doubt
#Sun
#Actors
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#Defeat
#Victory
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#Fans
#Baseball
#Evil
#Luxury
#Umpire
Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#Day
A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
Christy Mathewson,
American
Athlete
#Fans
#Nothing