Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That's why they say, "the game is never over until the last man is out." Colors can change, lives can alter, anything is possible in this gentle, flawless, loving game.

Have never been a minor league fan.

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.

Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.

Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.

[I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.