They Said It

Wayne Fontes, Detroit Lion coach, maintaining that his job is not in jeopardy: "When I drive, the fans still wave to me, and all of their fingers show."

Dan Plesac, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher, on a phone conversation with his mother after he gave up a 520-foot homer to the Detroit Tigers' Cecil Fielder: "I told her, 'Yeah, it barely went out.' I didn't tell her it barely went out of the stadium."