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.

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

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.

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

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

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.