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Saturday, February 01, 2003
Slump ? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin. --Yogi Berra
The old George Will (I believe that this was the pre-adultery one) was famous for using obscure historical references or bon mots to make his point. Something along the lines of: "President Nixon's speech reminds me of the great sage, Samuel Butler who, upon finding his fly open in delicate company, opined, "The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.".
Of course that was back before George found out that being a baseball fan made him more like "one of the guys" instead of a boorish, Marcus Aurelius-quoting, bowtied nancy-boy. Since then, no matter what the sports season, we are presented with his tortured baseball metaphors in sad attempts to score political points. Like today when he parenthesizes his column with two, count'em two, baseball quotes:
Regarding Iraq, the president, a baseball man, has been lucky. But as baseball's Branch Rickey said, luck is the residue of design.
[snip...]
The president probably remembers Ted Williams's rule about hitting: "Wait, wait, wait, then quick, quick, quick." Wait to see the kind and location of the pitch, then swing quickly.
I guess it would be poor form to point out to Will that, even in his best season, Ted Williams was only successful 4 out of 10 times.
You can look it up- Casey Stengel
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