I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though..

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me..

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me ….

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. ….

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse..

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else..

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products..

On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it..

I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff..

They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed..

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do….

Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement..

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed..

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment..

I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitch….

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't li….

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get t….

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance tha….

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase..

When I played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother..

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do ….