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T206Collector....was one of the items Morey had signed by Cobb at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, during brunch Hall of Fame weekend, 1959. Below is a brief transcript of my conversation with Morey about this exchange.
Q: Did you ever meet Ty Cobb?
A: Yes.
Q: Where did you meet him?
A: Cooperstown. I interrupted his breakfast to get him to sign some things.
Q: Do you remember if you got signed any tobacco cards?
A: He signed a tobacco card, a caramel card a Callahan Hall of Fame card, an exhibit card , a Hall of Fame plaque and two baseballs.
Q: Wow. Just for you.
A: Yes. Just for me. I felt bad because his eggs were getting cold.
[Laughter.]
Q: Did he seem happy to do it? Or was he sort of grumpy about it?
A: Oh, he was a most pleasant fellow. He stood up; shook my hand. “People your age are the future of the world.” As kind as he was to hear all the negative about him it just didn’t match up.
Q: I hear what you’re saying.
A: He was just a super guy.
Q: Now what year would that have been?
A: I want to say 1959.
Q: So that was just a few years before he died?
A: Yes and that was at the Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, New York, Hall of Fame weekend.
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07-02-2008, 01:49 PM
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