The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains.

The only reason baseball's numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players - even the game's greats - peter out just barely before they reach them.

The only thing I remember is a truck carrying lumber, because I was lying in between the seats and my face was covered with a sweater. One of the kidnappers had his foot on my back so I couldn't move. We traveled for about an hour.

The pillars broke off and ripped through the side of the boat, and literally began tearing out the entire side of the boat where people were standing, waiting to get off, ... We all jumped from our seats and began running for our lives in the middle of all this debris, and people screaming and falling over each other.

The pins were not where they were supposed to be. If the pins had been in place, the seats would not have come loose.