The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

Billy Loes was the only player in the majors who could lose a ground ball in the sun

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that... every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!