Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.

I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.