I received an awesome early Christmas present from my sister Ellen this year. When my grandmother passed away 23 years ago, my sister ended up inheriting all of the family momentos. She was looking through the family photo album recently and pulled out two pictures that she thought I would appreciate.
This photo is of my dad as a child (atop the giant prop baseball), HOF Tigers great Hank Greenberg and Nick Altrock circa 1936 at Briggs stadium. Photo by Scottie McGregor, the gentleman whom I was named after. Scottie was my grandfather Garner's best friend in Detroit when he was growing up and became an important sports photographer for the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press for many years. This afforded him the opportunity to become close friends with many of the top athletes and personalities of the day. I only had a chance to meet him once at his home in Detroit when I was very young, but I do remember him.
Definately one of the coolest Christmas presents that I ever received!
Merry Christmas to all of you on Net54!