1946, If My Memory Is Correct. Harry

Syzygy, Inexorable, Pancreatic, Phantasmagoria - Anyone Who Can Use Those Four Words In One Sentence Will Never Have To Do Manual Labor.

Baseball Is The Most Perfect Of Games, Solid, True, Pure And Precious As Diamonds. If Only Life Were So Simple. Within The Baselines Anything Can Happen. Tides Can Reverse; Oceans Can Open. That's Why They Say, "the Game Is Never Over Until The Last Man Is Out." Colors Can Change, Lives Can Alter, Anything Is Possible In This Gentle, Flawless, Loving Game.

Have Never Been A Minor League Fan.

I Became Exclusively An American League Fan When They Instituted The Dh Rule, And Will Remain So Until The National League Moves Out Of The Dark Ages.

I Think It Is Worse [in 2015] For A Mid-list Author Such As Myself. You Either Have To Sell Like Stephen King Or Go With The Small Presses Where There Is No Money. I Was Lucky To Have Been In The Right Place And Time For Many Years.