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I Learned To Hit With A Broomstick And A Ball Of Tape And I Could Always Get That Bat On The Ball.

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.

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.

There Was Never A Day When I Was As Good As Joe Dimaggio At His Best. Joe Was The Best, The Very Best I Ever Saw.

I Started To Crouch Because That Way I Could Guard The Plate Better, And I Always Wanted To Hit .300 In The Big Leagues.