Because of baseball I smelled the rose of life. I wanted to travel, and to have nice clothes. Baseball allowed me to do all those things, and most important, during my time with the Crawfords, it allowed me to become a member of the brotherhood of friendship which will last forever.
I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they didn't bring the scorebook to the game that day.
They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying.
