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If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.

I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge.

I suspect the real reason the N.F.L. and N.B.A. don't want high schoolers and college underclassmen to play with their ball is that they don't want to jeopardize their relationship with National Collegiate Athletic Association, which serves as a sort of free minor league and unpaid promotional department for the pros.

You don't have to follow what most players do by going to the top school. You can do anything at any school you're at, as long as you're focused and you work hard.

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.

I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show that there are real advantages to your subsequent career in going to selective institutions.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

I applied to Yale, and I got in.