Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what would have passes as a standing ovation in Philly.

Your perception plays tricks when you are hoping for something.

I actually like football a great deal.

There's something lonely about Tony. He takes a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. ... I think it's made him a great manager, but it also leads to loneliness.

Trying to interview him before a game is completely and totally worthless. He gives you these kind of guttural grunts. He basically mumbles anyway, so I had difficulty understanding him.

That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.

One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.

I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.

I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.

I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.