▁Johnson , ▁who ▁the atr ically ▁threw ▁over ▁his ▁head . ▁Ever ▁adapt able , ▁Walker ▁placed ▁his ▁batt ing ▁hel met ▁backwards ▁and ▁switched ▁sides ▁in ▁the ▁bat ters ' ▁box ▁to ▁stand ▁right - hand ed ▁for ▁one ▁pitch . ▁He ▁ended ▁the ▁at ▁bat ▁by ▁drawing ▁a ▁walk . ▁The ▁incident ▁moment arily ▁drew ▁m irth ▁and ▁laugh ter ▁from ▁players ▁in ▁both ▁d ug outs , ▁fans ▁and ▁announ cers , ▁and ▁compar isons ▁to ▁Johnson ▁pitch ing ▁against ▁John ▁Kru k ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁All - Star ▁Game , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁also ▁threw ▁over ▁his ▁head . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁gar ner ing ▁a ▁reputation ▁of ▁avoid ing ▁Johnson , ▁Walker ▁batt ed ▁. 3 9 3 ▁( 1 1 ▁hits ▁in ▁ 2 8 ▁at ▁b ats ) ▁against ▁him ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁nearly ▁double ▁the ▁rate ▁of ▁all ▁left - hand ed ▁bat ters ▁at ▁. 1 9 9 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁All - Star ▁break , ▁Walker ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Home ▁Run ▁Derby , ▁placing ▁second ▁with ▁ 1 9 ▁home ▁runs . ▁Both ▁he ▁and ▁Tony ▁G w yn n ▁of ▁the ▁Pad res , ▁also ▁a ▁select ee ▁that ▁year ' s ▁All - Star ▁Game , ▁were ▁batt ing ▁near ▁. 4 0 0 , ▁and ▁right ▁field ers ▁for ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁League ▁West ▁division . ▁They ▁were ▁joint ly ▁interview ed , ▁as ▁batt ing ▁. 4 0 0 ▁is ▁one ▁of