Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.
It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change.