“The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?”

“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”

“You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”

“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? ”

“Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.”

“The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?”

“The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.”