-- i think there were seasons where i listened to every game you and you had the middle innings ross porter and jerry dog it, and you outlasted them and kept going and going. >> well, i did put most of southern california to sleep. the transistor radio went under the pillow. i hear that all my life. i remember reason listening to you. again, the transistor was marvelous. >> jimmy: this is a great photograph. i believe this is your first season with the dodgers when they were still >> wow. >> jimmy: 1950. >> if you'll notice, there was a terrific pompadour in those days. i was in the navy. i first went to boot camp and had the hair just like that, and i got in a chair, and the sailor in charge of shaving heads said where are you from, and i said new york, and he said, i'm from mississippi. wham. and all the hair was gone. so i vowed when i got out, i so there it is for all the world to see. >> jimmy: there it is, yeah. there you are. a young whipper snapper. >> look at that. >> jimmy: who could have imagined that kid -- how did you get interested in baseball in the first place? >> i was abou