All newspaper writers have heard that the stuff they compose today has an excellent chance of being used to wrap tomorrow's mackerel. Ira Berkow More Quotes by Ira Berkow More Quotes From Ira Berkow (Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a third straight award-winning season. Ira Berkow awards baseball winning The sadness of the end of a career of an older athlete, with the betrayal of his body, is mirrored in the rest of us. Consciously or not, we know: there, soon, go I. Ira Berkow betrayal sadness athlete