Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.
“I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.”
“I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.”