My main income came from failed movie and TV options.
He bats like a lightning rod.
Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.
Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.
It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.
Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.