Your experiences with HOF'ers

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by theshleps

As a shy 16 year old going up to Mickey Mantle in 1967 as he was standing alone in front of the hotel he lived in while in NYC (I was the only one there) I had a Sport magazine photo already signed by Casey Stengel and I said "Mr Mantle can you please sign this" and he looked at me and spit in my face and walked off- that I will never forget .

I hope you kept the spit. That would make a hell of a relic card.

[matty6]

1952 Topps Spit-stained Mickey Mantle 1/1

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I hope you kept the spit. That would make a hell of a relic card.

Wow...this is why I'm loving this thread...I feel like we're seeing sides of players that are not the usual perception. Imagining Mantle doing this is tough...I wonder how drunk he was.

[matty6]

when Will Clark was at Miss. St. my girlfriend's parents would go to the home games and hold up a sign that said Miss St Alum. One day Clark came over and started talking to them. This became a home game ritual and eventually my gf's mom invited him to their house for dinner. His favorite meal was Southern fried pork chops. He became a routine guest as she can cook now! Lemme tell ya!

They continued the friendship even when he became a star for The Giants. They had moved to Philadelphia and whenever the Giants were in town he'd come over for fried pork chops! Great guy, too!