[seattlerainiers]

I've been remiss in this thread for not also thanking Rhys Yeakley, who generously donated a large, beautiful 1950s vintage Fred Hutchinson-signed GPC for this auction/event. I combined this with a terrific Detroit Tigers portrait image of Hutch, with classy archival framing of the pair.

My semi-flimsy excuse for not thanking Rhys along with Doug originally is that Rhys donated the Hutch sig for the auction months ago, and it slipped my mind as I posted to thank Doug.

So.....a belated thanks to Rhys for his generosity too! It is very much appreciated.

Here's an 18 year old Hutch pithing for the hometown Rainiers in 1938: