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

I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.

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.

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

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.

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

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.