to know her is to love her, from "usa today," christine brennan. [applause] and finally on the panel, the incomparable -- the incomparable george will. [applause] the book is on the 100th anniversary of wrigley field, a nice little place on the north side. now it is my privilege to introduce our moderator, who has become a very great friend. you have a copy of one of his books. he has written to others, one on baseball, one on leon jaworski and james baker. he is an attorney from dallas, texas. an extraordinary fellow, he's here with his wonderful family. i would ask that you welcome please, talmage posten. [applause] >> before we begin, i'm going to take a little personal privilege. you see the rangers cap here. at the front table, we have part of the ownership group and executive vice president from the rangers -- from the texas rangers, who have come to town this weekend to play a series. it's the first time that the texas rangers have played a game in the nations capital since they left town 41 years ago as the washington senators. [laughter] t