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

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

So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in the clutch, Tom Matchick's home run to beat Baltimore in the ninth inning, then Daryl Patterson striking out the side to beat them in the ninth. Excitement every day in the ballpark.

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

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

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.