Don Kelly

“’He's the 25th guy on the team, I guess,’ Leyland said before the game, ‘but I wouldn't rather have another 25th guy.’

Why? For moments like this: top of the first, biggest game he'd ever played in, staring down the ghosts of every clutch moment in Yankees pinstripe history. What, him worry? He took the first pitch he saw and rocked it to the rightfield seats, not even close, and he strode around the bases in perfect baseball form, as if he'd done it a million times before -- which he had, in his dreams.” - Mitch Albom