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Old 10-21-2019, 11:27 AM
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Chuck Tapia
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Originally Posted by theshleps View Post
It may have been a bad day for Hank (a worse one for me) but in 1967 I went down to the Roosevelt Hotel where the Braves stayed when in NYC to play the Mets. I was a big Braves fan and was getting autographs in an autograph book. I saw Hank outside the hotel and nervously approached him and said "Mr Aaron, can you be sign my book". I do not remeber how he looked at me but he said "Go play in the traffic son" and walked away and I was crushed. AS a result I always have a hard time when folks say what a great guy he is. But again maybe he was having a bad day?
My buddy the lifelong Cardinal fan had a similar experience with Bob Gibson and to this day he hates him, bad day or not.
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