Ok last one for me. Hank Greenberg used to play tennis at the Beverly Hills tennis club. My Uncle Babe was a member and he invited me to meet Hank. I sat down and I told him I was from Cleveland and I knew his niece and how I used to see him at the ball park when he worked for the Indians. We started to talk about his chasing Babe Ruth's 60 hr record and how bad I felt that they pitched around him so he would not beat the record.
He really got pissed. He said that was a total crock and no one pitched around him. He said he was surprised he had that many home runs and that the last few weeks he just could not get there. He then told me that yes there where a lot of bigots put he loved the game and made many friends.
I did a lot of shows and private signings. Like I said the top five a holes where Willie Mays, Joe D, Johnny Bench, Mike Schmidt and Aaron. The best. Killebrew, kiner, Matthews, Carew, Williams, Mantle, all the hockey players, Dr J, Magic, Ali and the list goes on for the good guys.
I am really sorry I forgot one of the best there is Ernie Banks. I can not tell you what a great person he is because it would take up to five days.
