He had no pedigree as he was drafted in the 62nd round (a round that no longer exists) as a favor to Tommy Lasorda.

He then spends two non-descript years in the minors before putting up eye-raising numbers out of nowhere.

Then he gets into the Majors and becomes the best hitting catcher in the history of baseball.

And Murray Chass said he saw him with his shirt off in the locker room and had crazy bacne.

If you want to try and match a narrative to his career, you can do it without squinting too much.