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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
Joe's son Bob and I became friends through the Philly show over the years, and he and I actually played in a baseball game at a SABR get-together in Vermont in 1995. Later, we visited together at his son's farm in Maryland. In 2006, I got a call from the Red Sox asking if I would be interested in coming to Boston to throw out the first pitch at the first Washington game there since 1971, and I told them I would do it if they also brought Bob Wood to come down from Keene to do it with me. Here's the picture from that occasion. Bob was 86 at the time.
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Wonderful experience and fantastic pic! Hank, are you a sidearm thrower, like your grandpa (WaJo, for anyone not aware)?
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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