I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.

I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.

Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, they were irreverent, poked fun at the stodgy owners and managers.

After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.

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

Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.

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.