He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.
Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.
I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.
Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.