They wanted me for short relief, ... I joined them in St. Louis and they promptly lost seven in a row. I never pitched because they were never ahead.

[Game 5 drew 92,706 fans, the largest crowd to witness a Series game, in the misshapen stadium.] What I remember about that is feeling scared looking at the [short] fence in leftfield, ... I think my mother and father were in the 156th row looking down. You're just hoping you don't embarrass yourself in front of all those people.

It was a wonderful thing to see the guys again,

And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball.

He was a great manager.

We had enough of everything.