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Originally Posted by JimStinson
His most difficult "find" was Sam Crawford, who shared the outfield with Ty Cobb in Detroit. After being given only cryptic hints about where he might find Crawford, i.e., "drive between 175 and 225 miles north of Los Angeles", Crawford's wife told Ritter, "and you'll be warm" - Ritter ended up in Baywood Park, California where his inquiries yielded nothing. After several days, he sat in a laundromat watching his clothes spin beside an old man. Ritter asked him if he knew anything about Sam Crawford, the old ball player. The man replied, "Well I should hope so. Bein' as I'm him." [/B][/I]
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The Crawford part of the CD set is probably my favorite - I recently acquired this because it reminded me of Ritter's describing meeting people during his search for Crawford, who Sam had given his autographed HOF cards. I had to have one!
(yes, it will be cracked out of this silly plastic tomb
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