The Mystique of Baseball

"I was steeped in baseball all the way through my life. It's been part of it every now and then I tried to walk away from it," he said. "Once you're in there, you're in for life really, it seems like." He says his dad may have had a better career if he hadn't taken time off during World War II so that he could serve on the front lines. The three boys went to the same high school; they were gifted athletes but didn't appreciate how different their lives were than others.