I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

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

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 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.

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

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.

I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.