Hey Man! Get Away From Me!

Billy (martin) Wasn't Afraid Of Anything.

Heroes Are People Who Are All Good With No Bad In Them. That's The Way I Always Saw Joe Dimaggio. He Was Beyond Question One Of The Greatest Players Of The Century.

He Foresaw The Platooning That Managers Like Casey Stengel Used Years Before It Happened. He Told Me I Had To Be A Switch-hitter If I Was Going To Play.

My Dad Taught Me To Switch-hit. He And My Grandfather, Who Was Left-handed, Pitched To Me Every Day After School In The Back Yard. I Batted Lefty Against My Dad And Righty Against My Granddad.

During My 18 Years I Came To Bat Almost 10,000 Times. I Struck Out About 1,700 Times And Walked Maybe 1,800 Times. You Figure A Ballplayer Will Average About 500 At-bats A Season. That Means I Played 7 Years Without Ever Hitting The Ball.