I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.

Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a level that the crimes against men tend to draw a different visceral reaction. Again, not saying it's right, but they tend to draw a different visceral reaction, which is that the man was out in the world doing men stuff and something happened to him.

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate.

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!

You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.