I believe in the Church of Baseball.

I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones - I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan.

I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary, and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball...and it's never boring.

Which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball - you just got to relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250, unless he

had a lot of R.B.I.'s or was a great glove man up the middle. A woman's got to have standards. The young players start off full of enthusiasm and energy, but they don't realize that, come July and August, when the weather is hot, it's hard to perform at your peak level. The veterans pace themselves better. They finish stronger. They're great in September. While I don't believe a woman needs a man to be fulfilled, I do confess an interest in finding the ultimate guy - he'd have that youthful exuberance but the veteran's sense of timing.....

.....I've tried them all - I really have - and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the Church of Baseball.

-- "Bull Durham" screenplay by Ron Shelton

Year 2000 trip to the HoF for the induction of my favorite player, Carlton Fisk. Oh yeah, and some other dudes...	(l-r) Bench, Elliott, Morgan! My husband's a Red. I love him anyway.
No. 3.14 gets batting tips from Harmon Killebrew	Meeting Rollie Fingers & Lou Brock! We met Gaylord Perry, too. Lovely man. Didn't get the picture because the camera locked up. However, you can find his picture in the dictionary under "ham hands."
One of Pudge's favorite players and mine, Bob Gibson. A word of advice, people. If you ever have the honor of meeting Bob Gibson, try not to call him Mr. Brock. Nuf said.	The induction ceremony! Pudge suffered for me for 22 years, I could be severely sunburned for him for 2 weeks.