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.

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

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.

When that ball was in the air, I was nervous. When you look at the shot he hit out there, it was the same way - with two people in his face. A normal person wouldn't have made the shot. When it went long (Sunday), I had a sigh of relief.

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

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