sides-taking

Updated: May 3, 2025

It is true that he hadn't, in twenty-five years, himself played any baseball except back-lot catch with Ted very gentle, and strictly limited to ten minutes. But the game was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called "patriotism" and "love of sport."

Sinclair Lewis - Babbitt