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[tazdmb]

I have to ask-where did you meet him. He seems to be keeping a pretty low profile since retirement.

[MacDice]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

I have to ask-where did you meet him. He seems to be keeping a pretty low profile since retirement.

He was up in the Seattle area for a charity event put on by former Seattle Seahawk, Kenny Easley. They had a golf tournament early in the day then at night they had a reception at a winery.

He showed up late at the reception and instantly went to the back and got on his phone. You could tell that he didn't really want to be there or to interact with fans. When he got off the phone, I approached him and he semi reluctantly signed the item after asking what it was. He wasn't in the best mood but did sign one item for people that came up to him (side paneled all baseballs) and posed for pictures (refused to smile).

For $40 to attend the event, I was more than pleased that I got to meet the player that I idolized growing up. I would get there were less than 200 people at the event including the other celebrities.

Awesome experience MacDice! Probably quite a few local sports celebrities at Easley's Golf tournament. I hit a round in Jon Kitna's Classic at Suncadia a couple weeks back, but did not find the autograph I was looking for as Billy North (CWU alum) failed to show .