A baseball rests inside an open jewelry box lined with red satin and pale fabric.

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Annie Savoy

There's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring, which makes it like sex.

— Bull Durham  ·  1988

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker compares baseball to sex by pointing to a shared quality: neither leaves room for shame, and both stay endlessly engaging. It's a playful, confident defense of a sport she clearly reveres. The comparison elevates the game from pastime to something intimate and unapologetically pleasurable.

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