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

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.

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

Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.

You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.

My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants, in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."