“In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had ...” — Jane Leavy Quote

“In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.”

“News writing and sports writing have become synonymous. And it started with, you know, free agency, and now it's in the concussion debate.”

“Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb. She was still a teenager when she married Frank Hodgson, a gentleman caller nearly twice her age.”

“Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate.”

“Today baseball is currently enjoying a run of more than 14 years without interruption, a record that would have been inconceivable in the 1990s.”

“I love nothing more than going out there and competing. And baseball's my outlet to do that.”