Christian Sheppard

"Christian Sheppard's The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball is a love letter to baseball that explains its connections to our inner lives and to classical lore in a way that makes one pine for Opening Day." -- THEO EPSTEIN

@simonmontefiore Here’s my current pairing (though sometimes I sip one while gulping the others).

The ideal reading combination is one great novel one great history book. At all times. This is a perfect pairing…

@voiceofcohen2 I feel sorry for the ball trying to get through that infield.

A look at the Chicago Cubs infield... 3B: Alex Bregman (signed through 2030 season) SS: Dansby Swanson (signed through 2029 season) 2B: Nico Hoerner (reportedly signs six-year extension) 1B: Michael Busch (under team control through 2029 season) The present and the future.

@CubsZone @LieutenantDans7 Opening with "Jump" is a nice old school Wrigley touch. Let's go!

Dansby Swanson just dropped an Opening Day hype video🔥 “Year 10 🫢👋🏼” (📸: @LieutenantDans7 IG)

Compare the Bellinger contract with the Yankees and what the Cubs are paying PCA. We got a deal!

This is very cool: 10 years after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and broke the curse, David Ross and Anthony Rizzo, two of their heroes, are launching a podcast with @TheVolumeSports where they talk with the most integral people to the championship. @LovableReunion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@LovableReunion

"What a Sho!"

@athenaeumbc You might like THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL which presents Homer, Plato and more in terms of the national pastime: amazon.com/ANCIENT-WISDOM…

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A great week in San Francisco’s North Beach, where the spirit of “Say Hey” Willie Mays is very much alive! (Cool to see THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL at Green Apple Books in San Francisco Airport.)

“I thought baseball won.” - Bryce Harper on the WBC.

ROLL CALL 🇺🇸 Where are you watching tonight’s World Baseball Classic Championship Game from?

@USABaseball From Jack Kerouac to Aaron Judge, American heroes: watching the World Baseball Classic at a Beatnic hotel in San Francisco.

From Jack Kerouac to Aaron Judge, American heroes: watching the World Baseball Classic at a Beatnic hotel in San Francisco.

"In 2001, Ichiro won Rookie of the Year as well as American League Most Valuable Player. He also won the most votes for the All-Star Game. In 2001, the Mariners would go 116–46, tying the 1906 Cubs record for the most wins in a regular season, although the Mariners would lose in the AL Championship Series to the Yankees (“Yankees suck” is Japanese for “Yankees suck”). Mariners’ manager Lou Piniella said of his rookie right fielder: “This guy Suzuki, he hits, bunts, and steals. He scores before you know it. He sets the tone for the team. He’s phenomenal.” Of course, this “guy Suzuki” would go on to win ten Gold Gloves, be voted ten times an All-Star, twice win MLB batting champion, set the record for most hits in a single season (262), set the record for consecutive 200-hit seasons (ten), and break Pete Rose’s record for career hits (more than 4,367). And we’ve only scratched the surface of the excellence, the magnificence of Ichiro."--THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL, page 34

"Few exemplify the virtue of temperance better than Yankee captains Joe DiMaggio and Derek Jeter. DiMaggio patrolled center field with almost haughty superiority. Jeter’s play at shortstop seemed effortlessly errorless, exemplifying perfection at the position. Each sustained success over long careers, got clutch hit after clutch hit, and led their Bronx Bombers with cool confidence to win championship after championship. DiMaggio won nine rings, Jeter five. The Yankees suck, of course, but Joltin’ Joe and the Kid from Kalamazoo both show how character, tempered through discipline and competition, is rewarded with victory."--THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL, page 81.

Buy a copy for good luck! amazon.com/dp/B0DHHK19S6/…

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Read green & Gold. (Go USA tonight in the World Baseball Classic!)

Same, Miggy. 😤

La Gasolina. #WorldBaseballClassic

On facing the dynamic Dominican Republic offense, Pete Crow-Armstrong: “That’s why we’re sending Mr. Skenes out there.”

THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL, "Happiness," page 167, on the meaning of the game: “What does it mean? It means everything. Que significa todo el mundo para mi. It means the world to me." Amen.