Quote of the day

Longtime major leaguer and golf aficionado Tommy John on spending the 2003 season as the pitching coach for Class AAA Edmonton, where the summer sunlight in Alberta, Canada, lasts close to 10 p.m.:
“I’m trying to get my pitchers to work fast and pitch quick games, so I can get nine holes of golf in.”

Looking for more to read? More than 4,300 archived posts may be found at Blog 3 — Baseball (and other cool stuff) … Enjoy!