I'm A Ballplayer. I Know How Hard

My Father Cared A Lot About Me, But He Never Gave Me The Satisfaction Of Really Knowing It. Hitting .390 Wasn't Enough For Him. Nothing Seemed To Be. He Was Not Trying To Be Mean. He Was Just Seeing To It That I Never Got Self-satisfied, That I Worked Hard To Get The Most Out Of What I Had.

I'm A Ballplayer. I Know How Hard The Game Is... And Anybody That Makes It In The Hall Of Fame, I Support. They Become A Member Of Our Special Fraternity.

Old Third Basemen Become First Basemen, And Old First Basemen Become Designated Hitters.

I Used To Be A Mad Hitter. And Then I Learned The Longer You Wait Out The Ball, The Better You See It. And The Better You See It, The Harder You Hit It. And The Harder You Hit It, The Higher Your Average Is Going To Be. And The Higher Your Average Is, The More Money You're Going To Make.

I Was Three Over. One Over A House, One Over A Patio, And One Over A Swimming Pool.