For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings.

Announcement from the proud parents of a baby daughter. "We have skirted the issue."

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.