BUTLER: (Singing)...Around with your... GROSS: Jerry Butler, welcome to FRESH AIR. BUTLER: Thank you, Terry. GROSS: Tell us the story behind this song. BUTLER: Actually, this song and the lyrics ...

Jimmy Butler didn’t bother to take one look back in the direction of his old bench, his old mates, or that old floor that he ...

Butler made sure to credit the city of Oakland for being part of his thriving MLB journey. “I would say thank you,” Butler said. “That was my first big-league team, the Oakland Athletics.