I had a few minor league and major league balls autographed as a kid, including a Ron Kittle (whoo hoo!) HR ball I retrieved.
I'd spend hours in our large backyard belting baseballs back and forth and used to lose a large number of baseball, softballs, tennis balls, golf balls and whatever else I could swing a bat at, in the woods.
Inevitably, I'd run out of balls and would have to grab one of the cherished (or not so much I guess) balls to keep me busy in the yard, eventually gunking it up, and losing it to.
If my Dad was a collector and had something valuable like a Ruth or Cobb or Mantle, I would have probably pilfered that at some point to. Just part of being a kid in the outdoor age.
Last edited by D. Bergin; 04-01-2013 at 01:34 PM.
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