As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.

Yankee Stadium, it's like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just tear them all down.

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

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

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.