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

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

It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.

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.

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.

When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry.

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.