He authored his first book, "America's Game", in 2000 and released his second book, "Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head—My 25 Years in Baseball" in May 2007. In 2016, he published his book "I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love". He was the 1999 and 2007 Commencement speaker at his alma mater, Walter Johnson High School, the 2008 speaker at Seneca Valley High School, and also delivered the winter commencement speech at the University of Maryland on December 19, 2007.