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1 " Ain't you just the cheeriest Cheerio, ' I says. "
― Stephen King , Blockade Billy
2 " Baseball is also a game of balance. "
3 " I prefer the Yankees,' one of the blueshirts chimes in.'If I want your opinion, I'll rattle the bars in your cage,' Lombardazzi said. 'Until then, shut up and die right. "
4 " Baseball is a good thing. Always was, always will be. "
5 " them up when the other team had a runner on third. By the time the Yankees came to town—this was going on to the end of April—the whole stadium would flush orange when the Bombers had a runner on third, which they did often in that series. Because the Yankees kicked the living shit out of us and took over first place. It was no fault of the kid’s; he hit in every game and tagged out Bill Skowron between home and third when the lug got caught in a rundown. "
6 " The game was played hard in those days, Mr.King, with plenty of fuck-you. "