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I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes
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"I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes"

- Rachel Griffiths

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Rachel Griffiths, an Australian starlet and director, suggests in this quote that baseball acts as a "mitt" to capture a number of underlying styles. Utilizing a pun, she suggests that baseball can be utilized as a medium to record different cultural and social topics that pertain to humankind. Baseball could be viewed as a reflection of society, where the video game's techniques, guidelines, and results simulates the social norms and laws. Additionally, baseball is more than simply a video game as it embodies the issues of economics, race, politics, and identity. Hence, the "baseball category" is an excellent tool to record and explore these complicated themes through storytelling and filmmaking.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Rachel Griffiths somewhere between June 4, 1968 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 20 other quotes.

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