It would have seemed less cryptic to me if the quote was formatted in a way that distinguished between your commentary, the quote itself and the quote author. I hadn’t read your other contributions at the time so didn’t realise that you didn’t use a standard form. I did not realise that “Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.” was the actual literal quote, as opposed to a cryptic reference in your own words to a quote that I was supposed to be familiar with.
Also:
Using formatting like this for quoting stuff just looks cooler.
Yes. I’m familiar enough with the rules of baseball that I can infer the sport and affirm that throwing strikes is a Good Thing for a pitcher to do and acknowledge that the home plate does, in fact, stay put. I am not sufficiently familiar with Satchel Paige or enamoured of the sport that I can guess why I am supposed to be inspired.
Google helped to clarify. It gave the full quote and put it in the context of what seems to be, shall we say, a KISS philosophy.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
Is this too cryptic? :
Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move. Satchel Paige
(Additional note)
It would have seemed less cryptic to me if the quote was formatted in a way that distinguished between your commentary, the quote itself and the quote author. I hadn’t read your other contributions at the time so didn’t realise that you didn’t use a standard form. I did not realise that “Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.” was the actual literal quote, as opposed to a cryptic reference in your own words to a quote that I was supposed to be familiar with.
Also:
-- wedrifid
Yes. I’m familiar enough with the rules of baseball that I can infer the sport and affirm that throwing strikes is a Good Thing for a pitcher to do and acknowledge that the home plate does, in fact, stay put. I am not sufficiently familiar with Satchel Paige or enamoured of the sport that I can guess why I am supposed to be inspired.
Google helped to clarify. It gave the full quote and put it in the context of what seems to be, shall we say, a KISS philosophy.
-- Satchel Paige
(Google also gives a Paige quote that is a real gem of a rationality insight. Thanks for the indirect link!)