Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

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Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

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I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

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The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.

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The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.

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There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV.

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The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons.

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In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

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The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.

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