This day in baseball history... the death of Len Koenecke

[btcarfagno]

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[tjenkins]

Cool story. I did not know anything about it.

[jerseygary]

Thanks for posting a link to my story and illustration. I always saw blurbs and mentions about Koenecke in baseball books over the years, so I wanted to find out as much as I could and put it all together in one story. As a side note a Hollywood actor asked me to write a screenplay for a short film based on my story but we couldn't agree on a price so nothing came of it.

That's a great cut signature. I found a nice Koenecke signature model glove but forgot to put a bid on it - still kicking myself over that.

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by jerseygary

Thanks for posting a link to my story and illustration. I always saw blurbs and mentions about Koenecke in baseball books over the years, so I wanted to find out as much as I could and put it all together in one story. As a side note a Hollywood actor asked me to write a screenplay for a short film based on my story but we couldn't agree on a price so nothing came of it.

It's a very cool site! Interesting side note about the screenplay. How did the actor know about the story and how did he know to approach you about it?

[jerseygary]

From what I remember there was some dopey CSI-like show (where all the cops are super-models) that had a plot where someone dies in a plane. One of the characters mentions that "that's how Len Koenecke died". I guess people started googling the name after the show aired and they found my site.

[Leon]

What a story!! That was great. Thanks for sharing.