Bench, naturally, was eager to find it. But right now, I don't have time. I'm on the road for another week, and then home for a day or two. Most of these guys are hitting 300 to 400 balls a day. Baseball is about instinct, reflex, muscle memory.
Golf gives a man too much time to think.
Bench has never been able to carve out enough time to carve himself a niche. No shame in that. When today's Senior Tour stars were sharpening their short game, Johnny Bench was making his living by hitting the longball. It would be almost unfair if he were able to pick up golf after being inducted in baseball's Hall of Fame and zoom to the head of the class. A man should only get so much greatness in one lifetime.