Everybody in St. Louis, every kid in St. Louis, wanted to be Stan Musial. He was the best.

There's a woman protecting herself from the sun with a carousel.

Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch.

It's Mother's Day, so a big 'Happy Birthday' to all you mothers out there!

Things are not always as they appear to be as.

Whenever I think of Milwaukee, I think of the American League. Hmm, Boston, Atlanta, weren't they the Browns, too?

Don't bite off your head to spite your nose.

The right-hander is throwing up in the bullpen.

I've heard it said that if you know English, Spanish, Italian, and I think it's French, you can go just about anywhere in this world...except for China where they have all those derelicts.

Sometimes when you feel the urge, you've just gotta go.

Warming up for the Brewers is that lefthander they got from the Mets, Bill Pulitzer.

Eye contact: how souls catch fire.

Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.

people don't really want original stories. they want different versions of the same story. this is called meta-narrative.

So much pain. So many lives. Their darkness must end.

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.

I'm kind of an old-fashioned guy.

If you had to chose one half of your son, which one would it be?" What kind of a question is that?!" No need to snap. It was just a question.

All my life, she gave to me a shovel and said, Fill these holes inside of me, Pari.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.