I love Feller. I met him twice, first was at TwinsFest about 5+ years ago. Just walked by his table, and he struck up a conversation. We talked about who the best hitter he ever faced was, and he looked at me and said, 'it was this man named Ted Williams, some may call him the Splendid Splinter.' That was great.
Second time was at the Bob Feller Museum to get some high grade rookies signed in person. He looked at the '48 Bowman (and his memory is SHARP) and said, 'Ah yes, I remember this, this was taken at Yankee Stadium in '47 I believe.'
Killebrew was amazing, I had my mom get him to sign a few rookies for me because I was unable to attend the event, and he told her 'I was 18 in this photo, and damnit I was handsome!'
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