Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the read more

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream read more

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where read more

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.