The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He….

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….

Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?.

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….

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

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

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..

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..

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs..

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..

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!.

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

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

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….

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

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

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 led the league in go get 'em next time..

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

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture..