A Lot Of Hitters Stay Away From

I Consciously Memorized The Speed At Which Every Pitcher In The League Threw His Fastball, Curve, And Slider; Then, I'd Pick Up The Speed Of The Ball In The First Thirty Feet Of Its Flight And Knew How It Would Move Once It Had Crossed The Plate.

Used To Be Bats Had Thick Handles And A Big Barrel. Then They Found It's Not The Size Of The Bat That Gets Home Runs - It's The Speed With Which You Can Swing It.

What I Try To Do Is Never To Hurt Anybody Else And Figure If I Don't, Then I'm Not Likely To Get Hurt Myself.

I Think I Had The Smallest Handle Around. When I Got My Bats, I Even Trimmed Them Down. I Used To Scrape Them. Some Years Later When I Started Getting Older, I Used To Start With A 33 And In The Summer It Got Down To 31 And Then Probably In September Got Down To 30.

Always Wanted To Be A Major League Player. Loved Baseball. Followed It. Loved To Play. Plus, I Could Always Hit.