After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.
Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.