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

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.

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

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year...unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.