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Originally Posted by NashvilleBaseball

My favorite experience would have to be meeting Stan Musial in the 80's, when he was here in Nashville set up at a local card show alongside Enos Slaughter. Both were gentlemen, and Stan was particulary gracious as it seemed that every autograph he signed, he would tell a story, talk to the autograph seeker, etc. Also, while on my honeymoon in the Virgin Islands in the early 90's, I spent a week at a all inclusive small resort and bumped into Daryl Strawberry several times on the beach, dining, etc. I recall that Strawberry was much larger in person than he appeared on T.V. (He appeared real skinny and tall) He was anything but skinny.... He was all muscle, and had huge arms, etc. 6'6 frame, lean but all muscle... I was totally surprised as I had him pegged for a lanky guy... Not at all. Solid. If I can dig up the photo's, Straw-man and I are on the beach like 2 buddies vacationing with their wives... Pretty odd couple, but he was cool and we traded a few stories that week.

Too bad Strawberry and Gooden didn't keep on the right track.

Sure fire Hall of Famers if they kept clean. They were fun to watch.