(He was) a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.
Champions don't become champions in the field---they are merely recognized there.
It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and no doubt quite confused by now.
I don't want to be in the Jerry Sandusky business.
The National League game is chess; The American League is checkers.
People will speculate about what they want, but that is not my intention.