And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can be the hero or the goat one-hundred and sixty-two times a year.

All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me.

Good hitters don't just go up and swing. They always have a plan. Call it an educated deduction. You visualize. You're like a good negotiator. You know what you have, you know what he has, then you try to work it out.

The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.

People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that.