If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.

See the ball; hit the ball.