Baseball Is Only A Game, A Game

I Spent 34 Months On The Battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I Was A Gun Captain. First We Went To Russia For About 11 Months With The British Convoys. Then We Were Up In Norway And Scandinavia.

Nobody Lives Forever And I've Had A Blessed Life.

Nowadays, They Have More Trouble Packing Hair Dryers Than Baseball Equipment.

Baseball Is Only A Game, A Game Of Inches And A Lot Of Luck. During A Time Of All-out War, Sports Are Very Insignificant.

My Father Kept Me Busy From Dawn To Dusk When I Was A Kid. When I Wasn't Pitching Hay, Hauling Corn Or Running A Tractor, I Was Heaving A Baseball Into His Mitt Behind The Barn... If All The Parents In The Country Followed His Rule, Juvenile Delinquency Would Be Cut In Half In A Year's Time.