I'm sure there were pricks--like Jeter--in Ruth's day, too.
It's just that Ruth wasn't one of them.
I grew up in the Bronx, in the sixties. We used to hang out outside the Stadium for autographs all the time.
Most guys signed. Some didn't.
(I lost count of how many times Mantle pushed me away.)
And we didn't ask for ten signatures, or turn around and resell.
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