Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

It's been a terrific life.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.