My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like a cashmere blanket.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.

[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.

I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.

Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike.