chuck connors, remember. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> he was a first baseman for the cubs.father-in-law, bill quinn, he was a bartender on rifle men. so i'm playing right field. and i don't want to embarrass him in any way. so i'm playing right field. nothing's hit, and i'm very happy nothing's hit toward me. [ laughter ] somebody, the ball starts tailing off, coming to right field. so i'm running like hell. and i see it. and i dive. and i'm like this on the grass. i'm sliding along in the grass like this. and i stop. the ball landed about there. [ laughter ] and i'm on, i'm here. looking at the ball. [ laughter ] so now -- [ laughter ] now i'm pitching. they let me pitch. >> right. >> which is a thrill. i never thought i'd be on a major league mound. >> mm-hm. >> and you know, 15,000 people, there's a cub, a dodger game afterwards. >> right. >> but people would show up. so i'm there, and i'm on the mound. and you got to, it's hardball. you got to, it's not softball. so i figure, okay, i'm going to give them my heat. >> give them the heat, bob, give them the heat. >> i star