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.

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.

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

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

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'

Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.