If I had a dollar for every "I got it myself, or grandfather, father, uncle got it,etc" story that I have heard over the years I could retire.
Some were true but unfortunately many turned out to be fairy tales.
And OT from this thread, the best fish story I ever got was the guy who told me he was in the Yankee clubhouse in 1978 and got a ball signed by the team, including Munson. He came to my home and had his 2 teen sons with him. Fortunately, I did not invite him to my apartment but met him in the lobby.
He introduces his sons to me and pulls out the ball that was "signed" in the clubhouse. It was a stamped, facsimile baseball. He freaked out when I told him what I knew it was. He was screaming at me that I was wrong. That he got this ball in the clubhouse. I told him that maybe he did get a ball in the clubhouse but it was not the one he was showing to me. He stormed out leaving me thinking how glad I was to not have him in my apartment.
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Last edited by RichardSimon; 11-17-2014 at 03:09 PM.
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