Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost e….

The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning….

So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in t….

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen….

I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I'….

I look on life as a joyous adventure..

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great ….

I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker..

God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull..

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words..

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in lif….

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it..

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely somethin….

I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto..

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given ….

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies..

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm..

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure..

I have a great faith in God and Jesus..

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngst….

I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal..