Carlton Fisk Quote | Knowledge & Wisdom
Stephen King (born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine). Following on the heels of his 70th birthday this year—and the release of the big-screen adaptation of his novel It—Halloween seems a fitting time to celebrate Maine’s horror master.
By Yankee Magazine|Oct 17 2017|
“If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.”
—Carlton Fisk (born December 26, 1947, in Bellows Falls, Vermont)
A paragon of durability, this Red Sox Hall of Famer played 24 years as a catcher, baseball’s most physically demanding position. Though told he would never play again after suffering a serious knee injury in 1974, Fisk came back just a year later to star in a historic World Series moment: frantically waving the ball fair after hitting what would be the winning home run in game 6 against the Cincinnati Reds.
