What Made Me Sign With The Cardinals?

I Consciously Memorized The Speed At Which Every Pitcher In The League Threw His Fastball, Curve, And Slider; Then, I'd Pick Up The Speed Of The Ball In The First Thirty Feet Of Its Flight And Knew How It Would Move Once It Had Crossed The Plate.

Unless You Give It All You've Got, There Isn't Any Sense In Playing.

The One Unbreakable Rule About Hitting Is This: If A Batter Hits Well With His Own Particular Stance And Swing, Think Twice - Or More - Before Suggesting A Change.

I Think I Had The Smallest Handle Around. When I Got My Bats, I Even Trimmed Them Down. I Used To Scrape Them. Some Years Later When I Started Getting Older, I Used To Start With A 33 And In The Summer It Got Down To 31 And Then Probably In September Got Down To 30.

Always Wanted To Be A Major League Player. Loved Baseball. Followed It. Loved To Play. Plus, I Could Always Hit.