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.

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.

I always enjoy watching Derek Jeter play because he is a model of consistency both in the field and at the plate. I finished my career with 3,110 hits, and I have only admiration and respect for Derek. I hope he pauses to admire the view and keeps going. Just one more achievement in an incredible career.

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

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

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.

I never had to cheat, I get them with what I got.