Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

I just reared back and let them go.

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.