Jim Bouton,
Ball Four, page 360, entry for September 9th. (With thanks to Open Library):
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The Mets is beautiful.
Here they are virtually tied with the Cubs and the panic is on in Chicago. Leo Durocher is not talking to the press, and I don’t have to be there to know that their clubhouse is like a morgue. And here’s the funny thing. The Mets have virtually the same record and they’re going crazy with joy. The players are happy, the manager is happy, the fans are happy. Now what’s the difference? It’s that the Mets won their games at a different stage of the season. The point is that right now they both have an equal chance to win the pennant, yet the Mets are up and the Cubs are down. And the Cubs are down because they think they should be down. Why? If they were as happy as the Mets they'd win more games.
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Stay happy, Tigres. You're still in front. It's just eight days to go. And after today, those guys are all out of Twins games. Two out of three by the Lake and you should be good.