OMG, what a sweet guy Brooksie was! My joke about talking to Brooks was after a while you felt like you had to excuse yourself before he gave you his car! In the late 80s, me and my buddy went to see the Russian national baseball team play the U. of MD team and Brooks was a special guest. After the game, we went down and had a long chat with him. Some time later, as we were heading for the parking lot, we hear a car horn and look over to see Brooks waving at us as he drove out of the lot. He was way over on the passenger side looking out that window, barely hanging onto the steering wheel, and almost drove off the road. Swear to God. I was lucky enough to have had several opportunities to talk to him at length over the years and my gosh, what a wonderful human being he was. R.I.P. Brooks, if ever there was someone who deserves it, it's you.
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