The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up. Read Summary
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. Read Summary
I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase. Read Summary
I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out. Read Summary
I had slumps that lasted into the winter. Read Summary
I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy. Read Summary
I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade. Read Summary
I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes. Read Summary
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat. Read Summary
Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do. Read Summary
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team. Read Summary
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. Read Summary
People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts. Read Summary
Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard. Read Summary
When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me. Read Summary
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of. Read Summary
When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes. Read Summary
Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word? Read Summary
I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff. Read Summary
How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up. Read Summary