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Posted By: rod

Last summer, I took some kids to Cooperstown .They don't know who most of the enshrinees are but as we stood in front of Hack Wilson , I explained some of his great stats and their eyes lit up. Nearby ,two gentlemen made a comment "Yeah but too bad he was a big drunk when he played", The kids immediatly lost interest. Maybe Wilson doesn't even belong there but after awhile you get tired of making excuses for these guys . "Yeah, old pete was a real jerk, but what a great player!"Kids get real confused by all these double messages.