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American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot. ”
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that. ”
I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story. ”
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors. ”
I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't have any weights in our clubhouse. We had one exercise bike and that was for the guy who tweaked his hamstring. And that thing didn't even work half the time. ”
If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League. ”
Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that. ”
Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.' ”