To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
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But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry.
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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.
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