Life Is A Game Like Any Other;

As Soon As I Got Out There I Felt A Strange Relationship With The Pitcher's Mound. It Was As If I'd Been Born Out There. Pitching Just Felt Like The Most Natural Thing In The World. Striking Out Batters Was Easy.

I Hear The Cheers When They Roared And The Jeers When They Echoed.

I Thank Heaven We Have Had Baseball In This World... The Kids... Our National Pastime.

I Learned Early To Drink Beer, Wine And Whiskey. And I Think I Was About 5 When I First Chewed Tobacco.

How To Hit Home Runs: I Swing As Hard As I Can, And I Try To Swing Right Through The Ball... The Harder You Grip The Bat, The More You Can Swing It Through The Ball, And The Farther The Ball Will Go. I Swing Big, With Everything I've Got. I Hit Big Or I Miss Big. I Like To Live As Big As I Can.