The announcement was a shock to many in the baseball community. It also hopefully served as a wake-up call to men around the country that this type of cancer can strike anyone, even professional athletes.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” In the days since his battle was revealed, Bettis has been doing exactly that.
There are all sorts of statistics we can look at when it comes to baseball players.