"[...] "Well, call it a business then, if you like," said Joe good-naturedly. "Say it isn't a profession, though it is called one. As a business proposition, Mother, it's one of the biggest in the world to-day. The players make more money than lots of professional men, and they don't have to work half so hard-not that I mind that." "Joe Matson! Do you mean to tell me a ball player-even one who tosses the ball for the other man to hit at-does he make more than-than a minister?" demanded his mother. "I should say so, Mother! Why, there are very few ministers who make as much as even an ordinary player in a minor league. And as for the major leaguers-why, they could equal half a dozen preachers. Mind, I'm not talking[...]".
"[...] "Well, call it a business then, if you like," said Joe good-naturedly. "Say it isn't a profession, though it is called one. As a business proposition, Mother, it's one of the biggest in the world to-day. The players make more money than lots of professional men, and they don't have to work half so hard-not that I mind that." "Joe Matson! Do you mean to tell me a ball player-even one who tosses the ball for the other man to hit at-does he make more than-than a minister?" demanded his mother. "I should say so, Mother! Why, there are very few ministers who make as much as even an ordinary player in a minor league. And as for the major leaguers-why, they could equal half a dozen preachers. Mind, I'm not talking[...]".
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