“At carefree times in early boyhood I chose to believe that life was a kind of ball game, but with a mix of years and perception I learned better.”

—  Roger Kahn

Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 1, The Trolley Car That Ran By Ebbets Field, p. 43

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