Sports & Recreation Essays & Writings
Home Plate Don't Move
Baseball's Best Quotes and Quips
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2006
- Category
- Essays & Writings, Baseball & Softball, Sports
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554071418
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $17.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Wise, sarcastic, hilarious and memorable words from a favorite sport.
Home Plate Don't Move is a celebration of the wit and wisdom of baseball. Some selections are as timely as today's headlines while many others are timeless -- there's something for everyone, from insights to insults to inanities.
What is it about baseball that lends itself to clever quotes? W.P. Kinsella, author of Field of Dreams, writes that baseball is "a game of anticipation, a game for the thinking fan, a game where little gems of wisdom or whimsy can be created in the dugout, the bullpen or the press box during long, hot afternoons and evenings of baseball."
Some of the more than 400 quotes are:
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"He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus."
- George Brett -
"I don't want them to forget Ruth. I just want them to remember me."
- Hank Aaron -
"It ain't bragging if you can do it."
- Dizzy Dean -
"I'm throwing just as hard as I ever did. The ball's just not getting there as fast."
- Lefty Grove -
"Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a Communist."
- Rogers Hornsby
About the author
Éric Zweig
est né à Toronto et habite maintenant à Owen Sound, en Ontario. Dès l'âge
de 10 ans, il était passionné de sports. Il écrit des articles à propos du
sport ou de l'histoire du sport depuis depuis qu'il a obtenu son diplôme en
sciences politiques de l'université Trent, en 1985. Il écrit également pour
les médias.
ERIC ZWEIG has been writing about sports since his days on the school newspaper desk. His books for kids include The Big Book of Hockey for Kids, On This Day in Hockey and MVP Superstars. Awesome Hockey Trivia for Kids is the fifth book in his Hockey Trivia for Kids series. Eric is also a noted author of adult sports books, most recently Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes and Stanley Cup: The Complete History (with Phil Pritchard); he was a contributor to The Official NHL Hockey Treasures, Centennial Edition.
He belongs to the Society for International Hockey Research and lives in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Editorial Reviews
400 quotes, insults, wisecracks and wisdom... For baseball fans at every level, Home Plate Don't Move is a home run.
American Profiles Syndicate
Hundreds of colorful quotes you've probably never heard before.
Sports Illustrated Kids
One of this spring's better imports... A lot of unique lines, including six on the current steroids mess... some lesser-known quips by some of the game's best quipsters.
San Antonio Express-News
For baseball fans at every level, 'Home Plate Don't Move' is a home run.
American Profile
Baseball's best quips and quotes. Now who couldn't spend an hour here and there reading those.
Muskoka Today
Any fan of baseball will enjoy the time spent reading this collection.
North Vancouver North Shore News
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