I'd like to get to the last game of the World Series at Wrigley Field and hit three homers. That was what I always wanted to do.

I didn't understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody.

I thought talking to human beings was just something that could make things complicated and unpleasant. So I didn't talk much. I just watched people.

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