I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.

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?

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.

Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.