At the age of 38, he summed up his attitude toward his job with a baseball analogy.

Marc Migliore of Smithtown can relate to baseball analogies.

That shouldn't be surprising, Parcells suggested, using a baseball analogy.

As he often does, he used baseball analogies even while talking somberly about what he called the "largest questions of how we live together on this planet."

As for his life, he said, "to use a baseball analogy, it's like being a starting pitcher who has to start every day, with no reliever."

Top aides to Mr. Aspin used a baseball analogy to describe their situation.

I like to use the baseball analogy and say we're in a pennant race and two teams won't make it.

But I'm not really sure if the baseball analogy holds true, frankly.

Mr. Burdette says the baseball analogy is an apt one because there are definite differences in skills between rookies and double A entrepreneurs.

Mr. Yunich relied on baseball analogies as often as a sportscaster - but he came by it honestly.