[USML Announce] Baseball memories

[Andy Klein]

My first baseball game was at Wrigley with a Deerfield Youth Baseball
Association outing -- I think it was 1970.  Don Kessinger was my favorite
player.  He lived in Northbrook (not far from the current Blocker abode) on
the same street as some close family friends.  So I got a cool autographed
photo of #11 back in the day.  I also was a big Fergie Jenkins fan.  I
think I shared my story of meeting him in Cooperstown a few years ago.

Jim ... I saw Kingman on the street once walking to Taste of Chicago when
it was held at Navy Pier.  I tried to say hello.  He never looked up and,
instead, spit about two inches from my foot.  Needless to say, I wasn't
much of a King Kong fan after that.

-Andy

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Jim Barrett <chicagojab at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Between the HoF voting and Brad's Pete Rose story got me thinking of
> baseball past. Any of you want to share your favorite player growing up and
> first game attended?
>
> For me, my first game was at Wrigley in '76 when I was 5 years old. I saw
> the Cubs lose to the Dodgers.
>
> My favorite player as a kid was Dave Kingman. I'll always remember his 48
> HRs in 1979.  By '84 I transitioned to Ryne Sandberg but I still followed
> also Kingman into his DH years in Oakland.
>
>
> Jim
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