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I really liked Juan Marichal and Bobby Valentine. I was sitting in the outfield at a game when Valentine was a rookie with the Dodgers - he just seemed super happy to be there and was smiling and acknowledging the fans before the game. You could throw stuff down from the bleachers and Marichal would sign it and throw it back up. He also was great after the games.
Since my fondest pro interactions as a kid were with NFL football players, I'll also mention Lee Roy Jordan and Alex Karras. On the I.A. side - Dick Butkus
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As close as I can get is former NHL player Mike Eaves was the student teacher for my 4th grade gym class. He was a star player the University of Wisconsin at the time, and I went to an elementary school about four miles from the UW campus. As a nine year old, did I ask him for an autograph? Yes. The funny thing is all I had for him to sign was that brown bathroom hand paper from the locker room.
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Only two baseball players.
Brooks Robinson, at a Sports Illustrated hospitality room in 1976. Really great, held up the line to talk baseball a bit. When someone complained he told them somewhat loudly "I'm talking to the kid about baseball! You can wait" I think he stretched to conversation a bit. Bob Feller. He pitched a homerun contest between games of a minor league doubleheader - I think maybe 74 or 75? Afterwards he came up in the stands and signed as much as you wanted, he had probably a couple thousand 8 1/2 x11 printed picture sheets. Most of the kids made paper planes out of them. When I asked if that bugged him he said it was ok because they were kids. Since I was hanging around he asked about little league, and spent most of an inning talking about pitching, and what the pitchers in the game were doing. The Russian rider at the 73 ISDT who signed by having a pen attachment molded into his arm cast was amazing, even without much interaction. Language barrier, just finshed 6-8 hours riding mostly challenging off-road trails with his arm in a cast, day 3 or four I think, and I'm not sure just when he'd injured the arm. And the first thing he did heading out of the motorcycle impound/pits was have the mechanic bring the pen and put it into the cast. Steve B |
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The summer before he died I saw Bob Feller in Cooperstown. He had been signing at a table in front of one of the stores but it was late in the day and no one was around. I didn't want to bother him but he greeted me as I passed. We talked for about 15 minutes. I found out that he collected antique tractors and he talked about how he loved to visit Cooperstown. I told him I had a copy of the Daily News from the no-hitter he pitched against the Yankees. He told me to bring it next summer so he could sign it for me. Alas, that didn't happen.
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I love Feller. I met him twice, first was at TwinsFest about 5+ years ago. Just walked by his table, and he struck up a conversation. We talked about who the best hitter he ever faced was, and he looked at me and said, 'it was this man named Ted Williams, some may call him the Splendid Splinter.' That was great.
Second time was at the Bob Feller Museum to get some high grade rookies signed in person. He looked at the '48 Bowman (and his memory is SHARP) and said, 'Ah yes, I remember this, this was taken at Yankee Stadium in '47 I believe.' Killebrew was amazing, I had my mom get him to sign a few rookies for me because I was unable to attend the event, and he told her 'I was 18 in this photo, and damnit I was handsome!'
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Wow, what a difference of opinion we have when it comes to Feller.He sold his HOF ring eight tmes. He would show up at the Strongsville show in his station wagon. It had a big sign on it say Greates Right Hand Pitcher Alive. Will be signing in room such and such because he was to cheap to buy a table.
I will give him this. He was one of the biggest backers of Negro League players. You are correct in the fact he would sign anything. That is why when someone asks what is worth more a signed picture of Feller or a blank one. The answer is a blank one because you cant find one. |
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Shelly, what was amazing to me was that I had met Feller about 20 years earlier and he couldn't have been a bigger jerk, surly, cranky and miserable. Maybe having a bad day but the second time I met him, he could not have been nicer. Same thing with Pete Rose. Met him when he had just retired and thought he was a real schmuck. Saw him after he started signing his name for a living and he was great. Had kids sit on his lap, posed for as many pictures as you wanted, etc.
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