Madonna's "Bat Boy" He was Michael Jordan, Steve Young and Dennis Rodman all rolled into one. He was a Hollywood star, and the playing field simply was his stage. - BOB NIGHTENGALE, The Sporting News I always thought Madonna was very sexy, and I always wanted to meet her. I'd listened to all her records and saw her in Desperately Seeking Susan time, she had pretty much become the Marilyn Monroe of our time, not just a sex symbol but a larger-than-life personality. The whole world was infatuated with her. Later on, once I had established myself with the MVP Award in 1988, I found out that Madonna was as interested in meeting me as I was in meeting her. Of course, I found that intriguing. Madonna heard about me through her publicist, who checked me out one day when I was playing against the Giants during spring training in 1991. She couldn't wait to call Madonna after that. "There's this guy you gotta meet," her publicist told her. By then Madonna had decided that she wanted to have a baby; specifically, she wanted to have a baby with a Latino man.
