You hit first or second, you know they're going to come at you because they don't want anybody on base read more

You hit first or second, you know they're going to come at you because they don't want anybody on base when he comes up. If he comes up with runners on base, they want to pitch around him and go after Holliday or myself. Having him in there changes the whole dynamic of the team.

It was a rite of passage. He was dad's right-hand man . . . he was just doing things like read more

It was a rite of passage. He was dad's right-hand man . . . he was just doing things like that. We made a conscious decision for him to be there to help.

[Democrats voiced their argument that Bush is too extreme on abortion for most voters.] Republicans try to avoid the issue read more

[Democrats voiced their argument that Bush is too extreme on abortion for most voters.] Republicans try to avoid the issue to get nominated, ... They never can.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then read more

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to see that it is our veneration for what has already been created, however beautiful and valid it may be, that petrifies us.

We are trying to figure out if that means districts. We want to make sure we are releasing to school read more

We are trying to figure out if that means districts. We want to make sure we are releasing to school districts information allowed by state law.

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew.

I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew.

A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth.