Quotes by Emily Martin

“Right now things are going very well for us. Our pitching is good, were making the plays on defense, and the entire lineup is hitting the ball. Hopefully, we can keep playing like this the rest of the season. Were having a lot of fun right now.”

“Once we figured out where the game was and what time it was going to start, we did a pretty good job. But it was kind of weird at the start. Im just glad we found out about the change on time.”

“We just couldnt get a hit when it counted all night long. We had our chances. We left a ton of kids on base. Its too bad. Pius gave us chances to win and we didnt take advantage of it.”

“We had four hits and they walked six of our batters but we just couldnt take advantage of it. If we get just one or two more hits at the right time, we probably win the game. I guess it just wasnt our day. Things like this happen every now and then.”

“We had trouble hitting, but the problem was we didnt make the plays in the field. They had three runs and all of them were unearned. Our errors allowed all of those runs to score.”

“Now its our job to put this game behind us and get ready for next week. It was a tough game for us. Nothing went right. But that stuff happens now and then. We just have to regroup and get ready for two tough conference games next week.”

“Its always a little more special to win a close game like this with a run in the bottom of the seventh. I had a lot of confidence in the kids we had coming to the plate. Courtney Smith is only a sophomore, but she can hit. I had a good idea shed come through for us.”

“We might have played our best game tonight. The defense made the plays, Sam pitched well and our hitters came through when we had people on base. Hopefully, this is the way we play the rest of the season.”

“Jamie is really pounding the ball. Shes been getting big hits for us all season.”

“This conference race is going to go down to the final game. In my years here, the league has never had this much balance. A lot of teams are capable of winning on any day. Were in a good position but were going to have to keep playing like this to stay in the lead.”

The persistence of this imagery calls to mind what Ludwik Fleck termed the self-contained nature of scientific thought. As he described it, the interaction between what is already known, what remains to be learned, and those who are to apprehend it, go to ensure harmony within the system. But at the same time they also preserve the harmony of illusions, which is quite secure within the confines of a given thought style.