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."

There is no defense against the base on balls.

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

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

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

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

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.