“There’s no crying in baseball!” -A League of Their Own
In the home dugout at the local high school hangs a plaque full of pithy axioms from the baseball gods. Clean motivation to chew on while you wait to strikeout again. “Believe or Leave.” Reads like a punchline for a Who’s Line Is It Anyway? sketch. “See the ball hit the ball.” Reds Hall’er, Tony Perez.
My new favorite bite-sized stoic snack is, “Win The Inning.” I’ve lost my mind again. And rather than justify it in a 900 page Op-Ed, this inning I’ll simply own it. May not be a win on the scoreboard but it’s a win in the skipper’s heart. (Awws from the studio audience).
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Uh, I’m getting old. I remember the line, but not any of the details around it. 😅
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You have to believe in yourself, I think. No one else can or will do that for you. Self-belief is like self-love: a vital pre-condition element in the makeup of a healthy, functioning adult, but both are all too often absent in ordinary men.
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The Self is as difficult to love as anyone. Perhaps proving it’s the illusion the mystics say it is. But I’m merely speculating from an unknown vantage point🙃
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No in Baseball, no in Football, nowhere is crying allowed, only after winning the inning is it permitted!! 🧐✌🖖
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A League of Their Own and The Sandlot are 2 of my all time favorite baseball movies!
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Made with Love⚾️🧢
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Have you a list of your ten favorite sports movies?
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Good question. I’m not confident in my rank order but some of my favs are def: Space Jam, A League of Their Own, The Sandlot, Rocky, Remember The Titans…. I heard the new “F1” with Brad Pitt was good. How about you?
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Good list! The F1 film was good but I did prefer Maverick from the same producers. Not in order either, but Rocky, Field of Dreams, Prefontaine, Rush and Remember the Titans. I do have a soft spot for Bring it on too.
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