SI Vault John Garrity May 04, 1987 Baseball legend Billy
Scripture is all people say, and more Decrease font Decrease
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Scripture  Baseball legend Billy Scripture is all people say,
and more  View CoverRead All Articles View This Issue  It'll be
midnight in the hotel bar when they start telling Billy
Scripture stories. One baseball man will set down his margarita
and say, "Remember when ol' Billy Scripture stormed out of the
dugout with a gun and shot that seven-foot rattlesnake on the
mound in Sarasota?"  "Yeah, and he turned up the next day
wearing a snakeskin belt and hatband!"  Another will say, "Did
you hear about the time in Columbus when Billy climbed the tower
in rightfield and did chin-ups from the light rack?"  The
laughter will bring the waitress over to find out what's so
funny, and a baseball man will say, "Sweetheart, we're talking
about a fellow who was so tough he used to bite the covers off
baseballs. He was so strong you could put six 2