He reflects on a wonderful career as he takes it easy in the city that is home to the Kentucky Derby, the Louisiville Slugger, and the Cincinnati Reds Triple A team.
He had cups of tea in the majors, several seasons as a manager in the Atlanta Braves’ organization before he was promoted to the big show for the 1985 season as skipper. Then for close to 20 years beginning in 1986, he embarked on a new career as a scout, first with the Expos and then the Boston Red Sox
In 1957, while with the Cubs, he would run across a Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, the late Jim Fanning, the beginning of a lengthy friendship.