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Originally Posted by estranged4life
Ernie "MR.CUB....All Cub fans hail Ernie...And let's play 2" Banks would be one of the first Cubs players, From yester-year, I would die to meet. I would love to tell Mr.Banks I was pre-determined to be a diehard Cubs fan since I was born on the exact day he hit his 500th HR!!!
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Well, actually, I met quite a few Cubs players, since at that time, they did their spring training at Blair Field in Long Beach (the aforementioned field across the street from my high school)...I also met Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Glenn Beckert & Don Kessinger, too.
It'll probably pain you, (for which I'm sorry), but I was at the Cubs/Dodgers game when Al Ferrara hit a three-run, walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th to break-up Dick Ellsworth's no-hitter. Dodgers only got the one hit in the game, but the Cubs lost.
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Originally Posted by estranged4life
Warren Spahn was one of the best pitchers the Milwaukee Braves EVER had...He moved to Hartshorne, OK after he retired and farmed until his untimely death this past year.
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AHHH, my mistake...not Warren Spahn...Lew Burdette. His Milwaukee Braves co-hort...but I met him when he was a member of the California Angels...his final season as a player.
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Originally Posted by estranged4life
Bobby Grich, I remember when he played with the (Then known) California Angels, That was back in the late 70's-early 80's, If I recall he was an infielder (Cant remember his exact position though)
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He played second base. He started out on the Baltimore Orioles...he was originally slated to be Mark Belanger's replacement at shortstop, but they put him at second after Davey Johnson was traded to the Atlanta Braves. He originally was recruited by USC & UCLA to be QB (since he was starting QB in HS...and starting PG on the basketball team, too...the guy was a definite phenom athlete in HS)