Verse 1: Never thought to light a candle Never thought I had to gamble I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted Driving up the one and frantic Turned into an old romantic I was sleeping in the attic......
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.
My views are just about the same as Casey's.
I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.
Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost...