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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
That's awesome. That HR ball I chased down that I mentioned earlier. Turns out that would have been 1981, and I would have been 10 years old.
I was at Muzzy Field with my Cub Scout Pack to watch that game between the Bristol Red Sox and the Glens Falls White Sox. I remember racing my whole Pack to get to that ball. It landed in what was essentially a grove of trees.
After the game my Mom took that ball and burst into the Glen Falls dressing room to get it signed by Kittle. If you knew my mother, that would not have been unusual behavior for her, LOL. She said he couldn't have been nicer...even back then at 22-23 years old or so. I saved it for a little while, and then I ended up smacking that ball around in my backyard, after I had lost all my other extra baseballs in the woods behind the house I grew up in.
Wouldn't have been worth anything now, but I still always kind of regretted that. 
Part of the reason I love that Rookie card with Kittle, is the glasses. I played Little League ball at the time, and I wore wrap-around prescription glasses when I played ball, so I kind of related to him in a way. |
AWESOME, Dave, and yeah, that card is ALL about the gold wire-rimmed glasses. It's one of the best cards of the decade.
I just reached out to Ron through his website to see if he'd sign through the mail. I'd like to find a '77 Clinton Dodgers for him to sign.
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