“ I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while. ”
The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.
~ Jim Bouton
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.
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?
Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.
