[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Here's a story to back this up. I asked my Uncle Ed (Walter Johnson's son) once if he and his brother, Walter, Jr., ever got autographs from the players they came into contact with. I knew they both had Washington uniforms and used to shag flies during batting practice as teenagers when their father was managing the Senators, and he had some great stories about that. Here's what he told me:
"Oh, sure, we used to get balls signed by them all the time, I guess we had just about everybody at one time or another. But you know how it is, there'd be a neighborhood game and we needed a ball so we'd grab one of those and play with it. Eventually, we'd have run through all our balls and the last one left, of course, would be the one signed by Babe Ruth. But sooner or later that one would go, too. We always figured we could get more any time we wanted, but of course in the end they all went."

Hank,

Too funny! Great post.