Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

And luck? I've always said about Dizzy Dean that if the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried in the debris and a gumdrop would drop into his mouth.

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

God watches over drunks and third baseman.