I got myself a reputation for eccentricity years ago when I was young (actually, I was just ditzy but managed to spin it.) Now, nobody tries to tell me much of anything; they figure it’s pointless. Which is true because now I really am eccentric (I must be; I’m too old to be ditzy).
That’s one of Satchel Paige’s most famous quotes, largely because (to borrow from a great baseball quote that somehow wasn’t his), he could back it up. Sometimes I wonder if he played as long as he did because he had to if the rest of us, in our insulated and often ignorant section of the bleachers, were ever going to get around to noticing just how freakishly good he was.
It makes me sad that the quote could go both ways — I’ve seen far too many people who didn’t seem to know how young they were — but if it takes going both ways to go the one way, that’s a deal I can live with. Hopefully for a long time, and hopefully I’ll remember not to ever know just how long.
whahoppened about 5 years ago
I’ve never been this age before, so I don’t know how to act.
asrialfeeple about 5 years ago
How can I act my age if I’ve never been this age before?
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
Age is only a number!
SonicFan91 about 5 years ago
That is weird
jbrobo Premium Member about 5 years ago
If you think you’re too old to try something….how old will you be if you didn’t try?
Old Girl about 5 years ago
Time to move on!
R.R.Bedford about 5 years ago
you are never too old to have a happy childhood.
e.groves about 5 years ago
Old enough to know better, too young to care.
Ignatz Premium Member about 5 years ago
Frazz should tell Caulfield that Satchel was a 42-year-old Major League rookie, and why.
sandpiper about 5 years ago
Greer Garson supposedly said, I’d love to tell you my actual age but it keeps changing.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member about 5 years ago
Best Leroy Satchel Paige quote: “Don’t look back, something may be gaining on you.”
COL Crash about 5 years ago
Maturity is usually based on years, when in reality it’s more about attitude.
lagoulou about 5 years ago
Satchel Paige = Yogi Berra?
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 5 years ago
When I was still a kid, I could hardly wait until I grew up and knew all the answers. I’m 74 now. Still waiting. 8^(
Bilan about 5 years ago
Didn’t Heisenberg say that you can’t know you age AND where you’re going at the same time?
Stephen Gilberg about 5 years ago
Oh, I thought he meant “born in 1906.” Which is unlikely for Frazz’s grandpa.
cabalonrye about 5 years ago
Around 12 years old. Old enough not to do something too stupid, young enough to try nearly everything. :)
dogday Premium Member about 5 years ago
I got myself a reputation for eccentricity years ago when I was young (actually, I was just ditzy but managed to spin it.) Now, nobody tries to tell me much of anything; they figure it’s pointless. Which is true because now I really am eccentric (I must be; I’m too old to be ditzy).
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
PostsFrazz15 hrs ·
That’s one of Satchel Paige’s most famous quotes, largely because (to borrow from a great baseball quote that somehow wasn’t his), he could back it up. Sometimes I wonder if he played as long as he did because he had to if the rest of us, in our insulated and often ignorant section of the bleachers, were ever going to get around to noticing just how freakishly good he was.
It makes me sad that the quote could go both ways — I’ve seen far too many people who didn’t seem to know how young they were — but if it takes going both ways to go the one way, that’s a deal I can live with. Hopefully for a long time, and hopefully I’ll remember not to ever know just how long.