Many years ago, my wife, who is a physician, was organizing a conference on diabetes. She asked me to go pick up the featured speaker at the airport and basically be his chauffeur for the two days of the conference. She told me the speaker was some ex baseball player named Hunter.
Of course it was Catfish Hunter. We started talking baseball in the car going to the conference. He was genuine and truly nice to talk to. He gave a good talk (he was dealing with the effects of diabetes himself). He then stayed around after the dinner and signed whatever for the doctors in attendance. The next day I brought a dozen major league baseballs. He signed them and gave them to various staff at the hotel. A great experience.
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