No Man Can Avoid Being Born Average,

The Crawfords Played Everywhere, In Every Ballpark. And We Won, Won Like We Invented The Game.

I Don't Know How Old I Am Because A Goat Ate The Bible That Had My Birth Certificate In It. The Goat Lived To Be Twenty-seven.

Baseball Is The Most Perfect Of Games, Solid, True, Pure And Precious As Diamonds. If Only Life Were So Simple. Within The Baselines Anything Can Happen. Tides Can Reverse; Oceans Can Open. That's Why They Say, We Don't Stop Playing Because We Get Old. We Get Old Because We Stop Playing.

One Time He (cool Papa Bell) Hit A Line Drive Right Past My Ear. I Turned Around And Saw The Ball Hit His Ass Sliding Into Second.

Smile Well And Often, It Makes People Wonder What You've Been Up To.