Just off the top of my head, I can rattle off about a dozen, pitchers like Bullet Joe Rogan and Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Foster and Hilton Smith and Cannonball Redding. Hitters like Turkey Stearnes and Mule Suttles and Louis Santop and Biz Mackey and Willard Brown and Ted Strong , and slick fielders like Willie Wells . Some folks are saying maybe I belong in that Hall, too. But I'm honest with myself about it. If people say it, it's probably because of the Ken Burns series, not because they saw me play ball.
Great ballplayers do.
Oh, I'd like to think I might get in the Hall one day, but maybe as a manager or for other contributions that I made to baseball. Excerpted with permission. Inc. All rights reserved.