According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. |
Both Dixie and I told Mr. Rickey we wanted to be traded, ... After just one road trip, I saw the quality of Jackie the man and the player. From that point on, I was one of many guys fighting to sit next to Jackie whenever I had the opportunity. I told Mr. Rickey I had changed my mind and I was honored to be a teammate of Jackie Robinson. |
He was always very nice. What I remember more than meeting Connie Mack was meeting Honus Wagner when he was a coach for the Pirates. |
I told him, 'I want you to call them right. Don't call them like you see them,' |
I've been in this game since 1937. My biggest thrill was when I was in Milwaukee and I told them I was leaving. It was the loudest ovation I ever got. |
It was wonderful, and it was great of the Braves to invite us back. It's a godsend that there are so many of us that are still around. We had 21. Isn't that wonderful? It was great of the Braves to do it. |
It's disappointing, but I broke the record just by taking the lineup out there. |
Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. |
Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. |
When I finished telling that story, the master of ceremonies said Howard Green enjoyed the story, but you named the wrong commissioner. |
You were calling a bad game, |