You were calling a bad game,

According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.

It was wonderful, and it was great of the Braves to invite us back. It's a godsend that there are so many of us that are still around. We had 21. Isn't that wonderful? It was great of the Braves to do it.

Both Dixie and I told Mr. Rickey we wanted to be traded, ... After just one road trip, I saw the quality of Jackie the man and the player. From that point on, I was one of many guys fighting to sit next to Jackie whenever I had the opportunity. I told Mr. Rickey I had changed my mind and I was honored to be a teammate of Jackie Robinson.

I told him, 'I want you to call them right. Don't call them like you see them,'

When I finished telling that story, the master of ceremonies said Howard Green enjoyed the story, but you named the wrong commissioner.