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By AnonymMike Lupica
A family of three had become, in Michael Arroyo's young mind, an army of two.
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By AnonymMike Lupica
A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it had. He said, "Because you can't go to Blockbuster and rent tonight's game." Every night is different in sports. Every day there are different heroes and villains and conversations after the game.
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By AnonymMike Lupica
It's like they take poison and then hope for the other person to die.
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By AnonymMike Lupica
Michael still thought of Havana as home, because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here, he was Michael.
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By AnonymMike Lupica
Read. You don't have to read me. But just read. Read the best people. Everybody's trying to do the same thing, which is keep you turning pages. Everyone does it a different way. But we all want you to understand [our books].
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By AnonymMike Lupica
There's only one ball game for any writer, and it's to keep you turning the pages. That's the whole ball game. That's what I have to do.
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By AnonymMike Lupica
On days like this, baseball would make Michael as happy as it ever did. No umpires. No coaches. No rules except the ones you made up.
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