When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you feel pressure on you?' I said: 'Want to know something? I'm worried about the guy who's going to have to replace me.'
Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.
I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
