During the years I was STILL playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came, I had the experience without having to go to the minor leagues for four or FIVE years and then WAIT for an opportunity. Still, there's a double STANDARD. Some whites, like Pete Rose, Joe Torre and Ted Williams, never had to go to the minors.
Read MoreThe secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that SOMETHING has a double meaning, don't PAUSE. Don't put on a leery vocal EXPRESSION if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do ANYTHING other than read it.
Read MoreI didn't want to be SHORT. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the VOICE of a much BIGGER man, by spending more money than I made, by tipping double or triple at bars and restaurants, by DATING tall, beautiful WOMEN.
Read MoreI tried to double major in Psychology & THEATER at Loyola Marymount but FELT I needed to CONCENTRATE more on theater.
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