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.

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

1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.

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

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.

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

He bats like a lightning rod.