Boxing Is Smoky Halls And Kidneys Battered

Baseball Is For The Leisurely Afternoons Of Summer And For The Unchanging Dreams.

You May Glory In A Team Triumphant... But You Fall In Love With A Team In Defeat.

Football Is Violence And Cold Weather And Sex And College Rye.

Carl Furillo Was Pure Ballplayer. In His Prime He Stood Six Feet Tall And Weighed 190 Pounds And There Was A Fluidity To His Frame You Seldom See, Among Such Sinews. His Black Hair Was Thick, And Tightly Curled. His Face Was Strong And Smooth. He Had The Look Of A Young Indomitable Centurion ... I Cannot Imagine Carl Furillo In His Prime As Anything Other Than A Ballplayer. Right Field In Brooklyn Was His Destiny.

I Was Showing Early Symptoms Of Becoming A Professional Baseball Man. I Was Lying To The Press.