He was such a modest person. He didn't toot his own horn. He just hit a lot of home runs, and he was a better fielder than a lot of people thought. |
One night he made $254 from a home run, which was twice what most ballplayers made in a month. And for every home run Joe hit, a packing plant in Roswell would give him a cured ham. That always kept some of the other players in food. |