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A couple of interesting things I learned from/about Lonny:

-Buddy Blattner (who also died this year) only got his start in baseball because his father was an influential man in St. Louis. Some bribery might have taken place. Lonny said that Blattner was a far cry from sandlot level. For some reason, he was still bitter about this situation 50+ years afterwards. I don't know why he would take it so personally.

-Lonny spent nearly 30 years living in a house in Snohomish, Washington, where he was neighbors with Earl Averill, Sr., Jr. and Earl Torgeson. In that time, his rent never increased! Even during the late 1990's he was only paying $50/month!

-As many who saw him before the string of unfortunate events, Lonny said that Pete Reiser was the greatest natural baseball talent he ever saw. What I would give to have watched Reiser in his prime!