I Think God Always Has

Nicknames Are Baseball, Names Like Zeke And Pie And Kiki And Home Run And Cracker And Dizzy And Dazzy.

In Baseball, Democracy Shines Its Clearest. The Only Race That Matters Is The Race To The Bag. The Creed Is The Rule Book. And Color, Merely Something To Distinguish One Team's Uniform From Another's.

I'd Like To Be Remembered As Someone Who Showed Up For The Job. I Consider Myself A Worker.

Baseball Is The President Tossing Out The First Ball Of The Season. And A Scrubby Schoolboy Playing Catch With His Dad On A Mississippi Farm.

That Other Saying, I'm A Part Of All That I Have Met, I Think That Would Have To Begin With My Wonderful Parents Back In Atlanta When I Was A Youngster Five Years Old I Was Tongue Tied.