It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball

You have to face reality some time. But there's no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.

Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had no idea of where he was.

Who knows how the rest of baseball views you? ... I can go home and sleep and know that we used tremendous character to get through this season.