Confessions of a Baseball Purist by Jon Miller

In baseball, knocking the product is a tradition. When you order a burger at McDonald’s, the server doesn’t whine about the runaway price of pickles.īaseball is different. In other businesses, employees and owners don’t knock the product. In baseball, we’ve gotten into the habit of denigrating the game. That was Hall of Famer Tris Speaker, in 1926. The result is less intelligent baseball and a bit of laziness.” “The present crop of big leaguers does not think enough. Everything is a potential argument in baseball. If you’re passionate about baseball, you argue. Win the World Series tomorrow, you’re a footnote to history win the World Series in 1965, and you’re knocking on the door to immortality.īaseball is the best arguing game. To me, it’s a remarkable coincidence that the best teams are always the ones from 20 years ago. Except that this criticism was uttered by Ty Cobb–in 1925! It’s a common lament about today’s game and today’s players. You’ve probably said those words yourself. “The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money.” That quote, which I’m totally agreeing with, was uttered by Cincinnati Reds general manager Gabe Paul. “Modern stars are healthier, bigger, and they receive better individual instruction.” Whether they’re rivals for geographic reasons or historical ones, or maybe just some recent bad blood, those games where everyone cares just a little bit more give us the best of what baseball has to offer. Quotes and Linesįor us purists, there’s nothing better than a great baseball game between two true rivals. For the baseball purist in all of us, Miller provides a rallying cry, some warm memories, and reasons to keep believing in the game we love.ĭeclassified by Agent Palmer: Historical with Editorial: Jon Miller’s Confessions of a Baseball Purist is a Home Run. Synopsis: True to the broadcaster’s art, Confessions of a Baseball Purist calls the game the way Jon Miller sees it: with wit, with style, and with absolute candor.

Genre: Biography, Baseball, Sports, History Tagline: What’s Right and Wrong with Baseball As Seen from the Best Seat in the House

Confessions of a Baseball Purist by Jon Miller