“The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel l...” — Michael Lewis Quote

“The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.”

“People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.”

“Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.”

“I want to be happy. I want to enjoy playing baseball.”

“I go to the gym in a baseball cap, sweats and then run into a boy I like. It happens - so what?”

“A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'”