He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing.

Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record

The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.

He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing.

People dislike uncertainty so much that they will impose an order on it even when it doesn't exist.

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up lots of different ways to say it.