Quote of the day

Every night I stood in front of the television watching the game and practicing my swing.  I always swung for the seats.  I even practiced fouling the ball off my foot.  Mom would come in the den and find me limping around the rug, walking off the pain.  I never said a word and neither did she.  By the time I was nine I knew you gotta play hurt.

~Jane Leavy, from Squeeze Play

Jane Leavy (Richard Mallory Allnutt)