You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.

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

On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.

I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over to the Dodger dugout and they're all in street clothes.

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