My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.

Thirty thousand dollars is 180,000 rand. And $180,000 is a lot more than that over there.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it out. When they tore down Ebbets Field, they tore down a little piece of me.

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.