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Mario Cuomo lost his bid for a fourth term as Governor of New York last week. Amid not very substantial rumors that the former minor leaguer might become the new commissioner of baseball, Time asked various experts what they thought he might be doing with his time come January...
...shot in contemplative, dreamy-eyed closeup, treat it as something like a religion. "Baseball is a beautiful thing," says sportscaster Bob Costas. "The way the field fans out. The choreography of the sport. The pace and rhythm of it." Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York and a ^ former minor leaguer, praises baseball's celebration of community, symbolized by the sacrifice bunt: "Giving yourself up for the good of the whole -- that's Jeremiah, that's thousands of years of wisdom." Political commentator George Will sees the sport as ideally suited to our democratic nation: "Democracy is government by persuasion. That...
From that vantage point spectators can watch the wondrously gifted Jay Payton's attempt to match Ted Williams' feat of batting .400 for an entire season. Williams was the last major leaguer to do so, in 1941, finishing at .406. Payton has a .403 batting average as the Pittsfield Mets begin their pennant-stretch run. He's facing pitchers from the minors, sure -- but the lighting around the New York-Penn circuit is bush league too, giving the pitchers an edge. In addition, Payton and every other hitter at Wahconah has to deal with a delightful idiosyncrasy. In 1919 Wahconah...
Books: The legend of Moe Berg, major leaguer...
...their antitypes is a game that readers can play on their own after finishing the book. Let's see now. Suppose we choose basketball's retired superstar Michael Jordan as the epitome of a sports leader. Who could be the antitype? Well, why not Michael Jordan, struggling baseball minor leaguer...