Scott,
Thanks for your response. I respectfully disagree, though.
I suspect that there may be others on net54 that have known major league baseball players, have been neighbors, etc.
I have another collector friend from Port Crane (Binghamton) NY. When he was a teenager, the local fishwrap (newspaper) ran an article on Jon and his baseball card collection. Port Crane's most famous resident was none other than NY Yankees player/ manager Billy Martin. He happened to read about Jon and brought a huge box of various baseball momentos over to his house. Some were Yankees Stadium giveaways and such, but there were also some signed balls and photos of Billy Martin fishing in the local river and displaying his trophy fish. It was really nice of Martin to take the time to do that.
As a side note, Martin died in a one car accident when he drove his car into a ditch right up the road from Jon's house while out drinking with one of his friends. I'm sure everyone remembers reading about Billy's demise, FWIW.
Anyway, let's see if there are some other cool stories to share...
