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12-11-2018, 06:23 PM
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Baseball in the 30s
Back in 1989 I bought Donald Honigs book Baseball in the 30s and mailed it over 50 times to players to get signed. I still have the book along with the letters many of the players wrote back to me. Some of the letters were quite sad. I received this letter right back with the book signed by Lew Fonseca. Apparently it was his last autograph. Anyone else get this book autographed?
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12-11-2018, 06:27 PM
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This was also possibly the last autograph Jack Russell signed as he died while the book was in transit to me. It had this letter from the Director of the nursing home he was at
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12-12-2018, 07:31 AM
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Sean,
These letters are very touching and it's pretty great that these two individuals took the time to pen the note and fulfill your request. Two great guys all the way to the end. Congrats. James
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12-12-2018, 04:16 PM
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Very nice Sean.
Personal letters are some of the best stuff out there. These two are bittersweet. It's nice they were able to respond to you to at least tell you what was going on. These older athletes are really great. Whenever one passes, it feels like our hobby dies a little. Most of them were so gracious and appreciative of the fans. In that generation, for every one Willie Mays or Joe D, there were dozens of Gehringers, Doerrs, and on and on. I even had Gene Conley and Ted Lindsay call me personally to make sure they had the right person to send the items back to. Conley had found a package he had "lost" for a month and when he found it, wanted to make sure I knew he was sending it. Lindsay wanted to ask about what I had sent and just chat about sports and hockey specifically. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by both calls. I doubt any ballplayers from today would do that. Donald Honig has some great books in the 80's. I did not do the 30's book, but I did get his "American League" and "National League" books signed as I went to shows in the 80's I don't have the NL book scanned, but here are some highlights from the AL book. This link is the album with all the scans. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmxp7Yvx        
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