I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it's making noise.
One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
