An island of surety in a changing world.

Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

Suffering is overrated. It doesn't teach you anything.

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.

When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

Three strikes, you're out. I don't care if you hire Edward Bennett Williams to defend you; three strikes, you're still out. Baseball is an island of stability in an unstable world.