I am currently working on a biography of the baseball player Tony Gwynn. Athletes, and rightly so, debate whether they should be role models. There is no right answer, I think. It depends on the athlete. There was no question on this issue with Tony. He was a natural role model. He was open to all people. He was everywhere-signing autographs, giving interviews, and chatting with opposing players and umpires. As one sports writer wrote, it was hard for Tony to say no. It was important to him, Tony once said, to get along with everyone. Of course, as he found out, that is almost impossible. That is why the 1990 baseball season was so difficult for him. A couple of teammates accused him of being “selfish” because he was so intensely focused on his at bats. It created a crisis for Tony. But he overcame it. Nonetheless, one of the claims against him was that he too often squared for a sacrifice bunt. After the 1990 baseball season, Tony, according to one statistical analysis of his at bats, only sacrifice bunted four more times in his career, which ended in 2001.