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A Tall, Thin Old Man Waving A Scorecard From The Corner Of His Dugout. That's Baseball.

But Most Of All, I'm A Part Of You People Out There Who Have Listened To Me, Because Especially You People In Michigan, You Tiger Fans, You've Given Me So Much Warmth, So Much Affection And So Much Love.

Wheaties Was The Big Sponsor In Those Days (1940s). They Sponsored Almost All The Baseball Games In The Majors And The Minors. That Was A Lot Of Wheaties. I Think There Were Twenty-four Boxes In A Case And Some Of These Guys Were Hitting Twenty-five And Thirty Home Runs A Season. We Had A Dog In Those Days Named Blue Grass And The Players Used To Give Us Their Wheaties For Him. Blue Grass Loved Wheaties And So Did I.

When I Went To Brooklyn In 1948 Jackie Robinson Was At The Height Of His Brilliant Career.

Baseball Is The President Tossing Out The First Ball Of The Season. And A Scrubby Schoolboy Playing Catch With His Dad On A Mississippi Farm.