Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!