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Originally Posted by frankbmd
He was older than my grandfather when he signed for me in 1957.
To be honest, he was always older than my grandfather.  |
He was 82 when I sat next to him at Dodger Stadium in 1972 with my Grandfather. He looked 90 in a leisure suit jacket that looked like a horse blanket in the 100+ degree heat on a Sunday afternoon in the sun.
My grandfather whispered to me, "That's Casey Stengel". When he found out my name was Chuck/Charles...he signed my program, To Charles, from Charles Casey Stengel.....3 times. I cherished that program until it turned up "LOST". I have all my other programs from that ERA.
How I wish it would show up somewhere so I can buy it, LOL.
Eventually, it seemed like the entire ballpark lined up to get his autograph, LOL. A very special day with my Grandpa I will never forget.
This is all I have now.
and a neat story for my Grandkids, who can look him up on Wikipedia. I had to look him up with "baseball cards"