This is a strange game.

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.

Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight.

I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.