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

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.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

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.

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.