Jane Leavy Quotes on Baseball (2 Quotes)

She thought it would be hard. There's an aura around Koufax. He's thought to be the J. D. Salinger of baseball, the pitcher's version of Joe DiMaggio. I knew what the established wisdom was, ... He's a recluse. He's dour, taciturn, aloof.

When I explained the premise of the book -- that it wasn't going to be a quickie kiss-and-tell but a serious work where I use his life in baseball to tell a larger story ... he said he didn't have any interest in taking part,