If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit-and-run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light on the dugout camera.

The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

In baseball, there's always the next day

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.