All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

What did you say, Joe?

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'