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Originally Posted by campyfan39
Thanks for posting this! I was watching this afternoon and my 13 year old came over and said "Hey did that guy just say Campanella as in Roy Campanella?"
I told him it was 52 World Series between yanks and Dodgers. Then he asked which team Campy played for..... I swallowed hard and calmly said Dodgers. He watched over my shoulder and said "Jackie Robinson? You never told me Campanella was on his team!"
Good stuff and I gave him one of my copies of Campy's book "it's good to be alive" to read!
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Wistful story, with a happy ending. Thanks for loaning him IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE. That's a terrific book that made me a Roy Campanella fan in junior high back in the late 60s.
Bro, maybe you could follow that up with THE BOYS OF SUMMER. Like Bogie said to Claude Rains, "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Thanks for sharing, bro. ---Brian Powell
PS--I've asked more than a handful of people if they've ever heard of Mickey Mantle that had not. Time marches on.