I Became A Better Pitcher When I

I Have Seen The Future And It's Like The Present, Only Longer.

Coming Into A Game In The Eighth Or Ninth Inning Is Like Parachuting Behind Enemy Lines. And Sometimes The Chute Doesn't Open. You Have To Live With That. It's An Occupational Hazard.

Reggie Jackson Hit One Off Me That's Still Burrowing Its Way To Los Angeles.

He (ted Simmons) Didn't Sound Like A Baseball Player. He Said Things Like 'nevertheless' And 'if, In Fact.

Someone Told Me Just Recently That Poets Are Eulogists. It's Their Job, To Eulogize. I Didn't Know That, But It Makes Sense. Because In Almost Every Poem Of Mine There Is A Loss.