I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."
Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.
Only triple I ever got.
No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.
He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.
We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.