The Future Is Much Like The Present,

I Don't Mean To Diminish The Job, It's A Good Job And A Real Pressure Job. But I Don't Think A Relief Pitcher Should Ever Be The Most Valuable Player Of A League. We Only Play In Maybe Half Of The Games. Being A Relief Pitcher Means Part-time Employment. We're Bench Players, And Bench Players Shouldn't Be M.v.p.

Strikes (1981) Are Real Life. It Took Up Seven Weeks Of Real Time. That's A Fifth Of A Pregnancy.

Someone Told Me Just Recently That Poets Are Eulogists. It's Their Job, To Eulogize. I Didn't Know That, But It Makes Sense. Because In Almost Every Poem Of Mine There Is A Loss.

It's Easy To Enjoy Your Job And Enjoy Other People When Things Are Going Good. When You're Faced With Adversity Is When The Character Of Men Is Measured. There's A Mennonite Proverb, 'man, Like A Tree, Is Measured Best When Cut Down.'

The Best Thing About Baseball Is There's No Homework.