I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding.

I always swung" and asking the director Sam Wood to allow him to swing through the third strike; Wood insisted that Dickey take the third strike. Already a good hitter Berra became an excellent defensive catcher. Dickey hit the series-clinching home run in the 1943 World Series.

He was named to 11 All-Star Games. Dickey managed the Yankees after retiring from his playing career.