Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn't. My number was up.

We need a hit, so here I go.

It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.