Very cool...thanks for letting us know! I will be all over watching that...
I'm in the same boat...Reggie was the first superstar really of any kind for me growing up in Seattle. When I was 9 and just getting into baseball cards we didn't really have any local hero's yet. M's and Seahawks were still pretty new, and sucked. Reggie was in his prime, and I'll never forget, I got his 79 Topps card in the first pack I ever opened. Still have that card.
My best Reggie memory was after a game in Seattle. During the game Reggie got ejected and famously threw a Gatarade bucket of ice on the field. It was AWESOME...crowd went nuts. After the game my uncle took me down to the part of the parking area where the players would exit on their way to the bus as we were hoping to get some autographs. (I got Gaylord Perry's, one of my coolest memories...and a picture of me and him where he is showing me how to throw a knuckle ball, I still have that too!). So Reggie comes out, still PISSED...and my uncle was too close. He didn't even see it coming as his back was to Reggie and he wasn't a sports guy, he didn't care...and Reggie shoved him out of the way! Didn't knock my uncle down, but definitely moved him a few yards! It was great...and my uncle was proud of that moment...haha. M's staff immediately came over to check on him, but considering he was laughing and loving it, they deemed him ok. I believe that was 1983 and I was 13...and that only cemented my hero worship of Mr. October!
Can't wait to watch it...
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