I Tell You, Revenge Plays A Big

I Was Fortunate To Play For Pete Rose And Have Teammates Like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez And Dave Concepcion. I Grew Up In The Game With A Mature Attitude. I've Always Known It Was Better To Be Seen And Not Heard.

Nothing I Did Contributed To Me Having Cancer, So I Can't Sit Back And Say, 'oh Why Me.' Why Not Me? Why Does Tragedy Always Have To Hit Someone Else?

I'd Never Heard Of Colon Cancer. Baseball Wasn't Even Important To Me. I Have A Wife And Two Girls. That's What Was Important. The Doctors Told Me And All I Could Say Was, 'when Are We Going To Get This Thing Out?'

I'm Being Compared To The Impossible. I Never Saw Mays, Aaron Or Clemente Play. What About The People I Face Every Day? Tim Raines Is The Best? Mattingly Is The Best? Why Not Compare Me To My Peers?

I Was Hitting .360 When I Was Diagnosed. I Didn't Forget How To Play While I Was Recovering. I Don't Know If The Cancer Is Gone For Good. I Don't Think Anyone Ever Knows, But No One Is Going To Steal My Joy For As Along As I'm Able To Play Baseball.