Perhaps Crossing The Barriers Of Time Has

I Knew How To Read Box Scores And Who The Baseball Heroes Were Before I Had Ever Seen Or Even Heard Much Of A Game.

Most People Write A Lot Of Autobiography, But When I Came To Write Autobiography I Discovered That Nothing Interesting Had Ever Happened To Me. So I Had To Take The Situation And Invent Stories To Go With It.

Growing Up Is A Ritual, More Deadly Than Religion, More Complicated Than Baseball, For There Seem To Be No Rules. Everything Is Experienced For The First Time.

I Don't Have Time To Read Nonfiction.

The Crack Of The Bat, The Sound Of Baseballs Thumping Into Gloves, The Infield Chatter Are Like Birdsong To The Baseball Starved.