I told him I wasn't tired. He told me no but the outfielders sure are.
The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
I was a pitcher shortstop and outfielder and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat' while romantic is really meaningless since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.