As a matter of fact, Bob, at the time of his retirement, and I know you know this, his strikeout rate was behind only Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax, and his ratio of 7.03 hits allowed per nine innings, 13th all-time in Major League history.

Yeah.

Good afternoon, Bloom Daddy.

Uh, this is a tough one.

Sam was a dear, dear friend.

We talked probably once every four to six weeks for many, many years.

He joked and called me his idol, [chuckles] and that's how every conversation would start.

W- was he an Indians fan? I mean, did he ever tell you the reasoning why he chose Cleveland out of those other 15 teams?