A Trip to Happy Felsch's House

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I was poking around Net54 several days ago when I came across this beautiful Happy Felsch signature and photo:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=211015

I got really excited when I saw the address as I currently live 10 blocks from there. I saw this mid-week and had to wait until the weekend to go check it out in the daylight while walking the dog (stupid winter). Following a chilly walk, I discovered that Hap lived in the upper portion of a duplex (pictures below).

After I returned home, I started poking around on the ol' Google to see if I could find any info about the address and Hap's Milwaukee connections. It turns out he was a life-long Milwaukee resident. Even cooler is the following (http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cd61b579):

By 1949, Happy had begun his final career as a crane operator. In 1952 he and Marie, parents of three and eventual grandparents of 11, ended their somewhat nomadic existence as they entered their final home on the second floor of a flat at 2460 N. 49th Street. At this location, Eight Men Out author Eliot Asinof and sportswriter Westbrook Pegler conducted their pivotal interviews with Felsch.

How cool does that make that cut signature?!

(Both the seller and new owner are ok with my telling this story)