Baseball Is A Game, Yes. It Is

In 1950, When The Giants Signed Me, They Gave Me $15,000. I Bought A 1950 Mercury. I Couldn't Drive, But I Had It In The Parking Lot There, And Everybody That Could Drive Would Drive The Car. So It Was Like A Community Thing

I Think I Was The Best Baseball Player I Ever Saw.

I Remember The Last Season I Played. I Went Home After A Ballgame One Day, Lay Down On My Bed, And Tears Came To My Eyes. How Can You Explain That? It's Like Crying For Your Mother After She's Gone. You Cry Because You Love Her. I Cried, I Guess, Because I Loved Baseball, And I Knew I Had To Leave It.

I'm A Very Lucky Guy. I Had So Many People Help Me Over The Years That I Never Had Many Problems. If I Had A Problem, I Could Sit Down With Someone And They Would Explain The Problem To Me, And The Problem Become Like A Baseball Game

That's How Easy Baseball Was For Me. I'm Not Trying To Brag Or Anything, But I Had The Knowledge Before I Became A Professional Baseball Player To Do All These Things And Know What Each Guy Would Hit.