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Baseball fans share Giamatti's bittersweet ode to the game

Original: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins ag

A. Bartolomeo Giamatti's famous meditation on baseball — 'It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.' — is circulating widely as the game begins in spring. The former MLB commissioner's passage about the season blooming through summer and ending with the chill rains of fall remains a touchstone for fans welcoming a new baseball year.

Why now: The new baseball season is starting, prompting fans to share the beloved Giamatti passage.

A. Bartlett GiamattiMajor League Baseball

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• “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall… · jeffron@ohai.social · 3

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