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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

I could always hit the ball really far, but you don't need to be strong to do that.

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.