Baseball in the 30s

[jgmp123]

Love these letters guys! Not from the 1930’s, but here’s a response I got back from one of the great baseball ambassador’s Carl Erskine. Carl suggests we meet for breakfast at IHOP. We did and it was a great experience filled with some amazing conversation from a guy as sharp as a tack!

[milkit1]

That's great! IHop with a legend!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

Love these letters guys! Not from the 1930’s, but here’s a response I got back from one of the great baseball ambassador’s Carl Erskine. Carl suggests we meet for breakfast at IHOP. We did and it was a great experience filled with some amazing conversation from a guy as sharp as a tack!

Good decision to go to IHOP and not Denny's because a pitcher should always try to avoid the grandslam breakfast. LOL

[TakingStock]

Great posts! Love seeing these.

I had a great back and forth letter correspondence with Bobby Thomson about 10 years ago since we lived in the same area at one point and he referenced friends he had in the town I lived in.

I also wrote to Dom DiMaggio when I was younger, and I was playing outside with a friend and my dad comes out of the house and says "Mr. DiMaggio is on the phone." At this point, I thought "Mr. DiMaggio? He's dead!" (Joe had passed), and then I immediately remembered Dom. I had seen Dom on a TV program and a few weeks earlier and wrote to him about it, and he called to give me financial and baseball advice. I don't think I ever received an autograph back, but the phone call was priceless! Apparently, he just looked my family's number up in the white pages because I didn't send it to him.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Good decision to go to IHOP and not Denny's because a pitcher should always try to avoid the grandslam breakfast. LOL

Well done Mike!