Impressive documentary about the origins and history of baseball, particularly if you know next to nothing about it.
- "It's not philosophical, it's not metaphysical, it's just so much fun!"
- [Civil War] "The left- and rightfielder could both make it back to our ranks. But we had not just lost our centerfielder, but also the only baseball in Alexandria, Texas." [soldier's diary]
- "I've heard we won the baseball game because our pitcher has a fine curveball. The purpose of the curveball is to deliberately deceive the batter. Harvard is not in the business of teaching perception."
- I am dumb, Harry
- sometimes there would be a keg of beer at 3rd base, to provide some extra support to the player.
