My Favorite Sports Photo Ever...

[Dewey2007]

...because I'm in it! I stumbled across this photo over 6 years ago searching online for photos from the parade that the City of Alameda threw for hometown hero Willie Stargell back in May 1980. The Pirates were in town to play the Giants and the city hosted the parade and my old high school dedicated the playing fields "Willie Stargell Field". I was an 11-year old kid when the parade took place and schools got out early that day so kids could attend the parade.

To date, it's been the only photo I have been able to find from the parade online. Luckily I was able to contact the photographer and bought a print of the photo from him. As I was looking at the photo for people I might know, I noticed this young kid with longish hair and he looked familiar. I looked at it again and said to myself hey that's me! I'm the kid with his head turning away from Stargell with his face right next to the young black girl to the far right of the photo looking up at Willie. I must have just gotten Pop's autograph, which I still have somewhere along with a paper item that a local men's clothing store was giving away that day.

I still think this is pretty cool whenever I look at it and it takes me back to a time when life was definitely a little simpler.

Dewey