With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

I look on life as a joyous adventure.

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.