When I was growing up one of my sports heroes was Duke Snider. I don’t know why for sure but I think it has something to do with him being on my favorite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers and he was one of the players on the team. He also seemed pretty down to earth and likable. I could identify with that. I feel that I’m pretty down to earth and likable. I read a biography about him when I was in the 6th grade and found out that he lived in Fallbrook, CA and raised avocadoes when he retired. I know some people that live in Fallbrook. They’ve said that they’ve seen Duke Snider at the Fallbrook Post Office and said that he seems “very down to earth and likeable.” The other reason I like Duke Snider was because of his name. I always wanted to be called Duke. It seems that would be a good name for a porn star or a dog or British nobility. I always wanted to be a major league baseball player but I had big issues with baseball. I couldn’t run very fast, and most of the times had trouble hitting, and I made lots of errors. Sometimes though even today the dream of playing 2nd base for the Dodgers comes up for me and I ask my friends go call me Duke for a couple of days…