Quote by Robert Benchley
One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with

One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been allowed to run down fearfully. – Robert Benchley

Other quotes by Robert Benchley

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it. – Robert Benchley

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Family
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There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. – Robert Benchley

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Vacations
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There are several ways in which to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory. – Robert Benchley

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Money
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Other Quotes from
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To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. – Steve Hovley, 1969

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Baseball

There ought to be some other means of reckoning quality in this the best and loveliest of games; the scoreboard is an ass. – Neville Cardus, A Fourth Innings with Cardus, 1981, referring to cricket

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Baseball

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. – Mickey Mantle, 1970

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Baseball

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. – Author Unknown

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Baseball

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