Thank God For Baseball.

Casey Wanted Us To Stay Loose. That Didn't Mean Clowning Around. He Just Meant We Should Be Confident And Relaxed. We Shouldn't Feel That One Strikeout Was Going To End The Season For Us.

Billy (martin) Was A Great One For Jokes. He Liked To Play A Joke More Than Anyone I Ever Knew.

I've Heard About You. I've Heard About You, Too.

All The Ballparks And The Big Crowds Have A Certain Mystique. You Feel Attached, Permanently Wedded To The Sounds That Ring Out, To The Fans Chanting Your Name, Even When There Are Only Four Or Five Thousand In The Stands On A Wednesday Afternoon.

I Never Understood How Someone Who Was Dying Could Say He Was The Luckiest Man In The World, But Now I Understand.