You can't help but see it every day. You get to the ballpark and the batting average is on the scoreboard.

When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win one, I'd try to make eye contact with the pitcher.

It'll be a learning year. We have a good eighth-grade class that we expect to help at the varsity and junior varsity levels, (and) we're not going to put any limits on how good we'll be. We'll score by committee. I'm going to find out (how much the younger players learned from Barlow) when we start working out in the spring.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

I got to be very close to Gene as a player and after I retired, ... I think I probably stayed in closer contact with him than most.

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.