The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.

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

They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed.

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.