A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that. |
A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that. |
But that's the kind of team we were that year. We were seven games out at the All-Star break. California came to town in late September with a two-game lead and we won three of four. We won every game we had to win. We clinched on a Friday night in extra innings. We felt unbeatable. |
Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times. |
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that. |
I don't think I can play any other way but all out. I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it. |
I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story. |
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. |
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors. |
If they stay within the organization, the obvious choice is Frank White . The thing is, if you hire him, it's going to be very difficult to fire Frank White if things don't go well. He's a local guy. He played at the academy. And he made such an impact on this community. He was a great player. God, it would be tough. You'd almost be saying, 'Frank, you've got five years or six years or 10 years.' |
Relax. It's the same game. |
When you get in that situation you simplify the approach, ... You play as hard as you can, win a game and come back to play another game. You don't think about having to win three games. You don't get ahead of yourself. You think about winning one game. |
When you looked at Toronto on paper and us on paper, we had maybe two or three position players who could have made their team, |