Your experiences with HOF'ers

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Thanks to both Scotts! I too was/am a huge Meredith fan. I ran into him on a Dallas trip and found him to be very personable! I just wish I had a photo signed by him in my office. He was second only to Bart Starr in the pantheon of stars from my youth.

The Seaver story was wonderful, I actually was a little down after reading so many negative experiences in this thread.

Scott, my wife enjoys researching wines so I asked her last year to find a bottle of Seaver's Cabernet. After a little work she came back to my sports room and informed me that I could not afford it! His Studio 42 interview with Costas on MLB Network was very enjoyable. He talked at length about his wine venture, you could tell he was happy with that life style.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Thanks to both Scotts! I too was/am a huge Meredith fan. I ran into him on a Dallas trip and found him to be very personable! I just wish I had a photo signed by him in my office. He was second only to Bart Starr in the pantheon of stars from my youth.

Starr AND Meredith? When I was growing up, it was one or the other. Everyone hated the Packers - thought Starr never made it into the end zone on that last play of the '67 championship game. There was ONE Packer fan in our neighborhood - he was also the only guy lucky enough to pull a '67 Philly Gum Meredith. And he would not trade

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Scott I loved the Packers even though we were in the Cowboys TV market. I think as kids we all latched on to teams that were winning. That probably was more the case for kids like me that grew up a long way from any pro teams.

I followed the Yankees, Packers and Celtics in the 1960s. But living in the South they were all secondary to college football and the Razorbacks of course.

My Dad was and is a huge Cowboy fan since we got them on TV every week, our backup was the St. Louis football Cardinals. We and by that I mean the whole state of Arkansas were Charger fans in the AFL because of Lance Alworth.

In the summer it was all St. Lous Cardinals baseball. I would read the papers every day looking for Yankee news but every radio was tuned to Harry Carey and Jack Buck.

By the way Bart Starr provides a really neat service for fans today. He has been a longtime supporter of the Rawhide Boys Ranch in Wisconsin. He will sign anything you send him for a fee made out to Starr Enterprises. All money goes to the ranch.

He does require that every item be personalized. He will send you a photo for $20 and for $35 will sign something you send him. Not bad, I got a mini helmet back not long ago.

Thanks for reviving the memories!

[3and2]

1985 I was 11 years and Mickey Mantle was at a small card shop in Brooklyn, NY. My dad took my friend and I. When we finally got to the table Mickey signed our items and we thanked him and started to walk away.

Mickey said, "Hey guys you're walking off and your not going to let me shake your hand." I stopped in my tracks and thought Mickey Mantle wants to shake my hand...WOW! So we went back shook his hand and he said to my dad, "I see you have a camera lets get a group shot." It was really nice on his part to take a couple of minutes of his time to reach out to us. I'll always remember that day.

[Orioles1954]

I am originally from Arkansas, but was raised in Maryland. As such, I am the world's only die-hard Arkansas Razorbacks AND Baltimore Orioles fan. It's only natural that I am a huge Brooks Robinson fan, although I wasn't alive during his zenith. Got to meet Brooks last year at a local signing. The minute I told him I was from Arkansas, that's all we spoke about....for ten minutes. Brooks is also a huge Razorbacks fan and we talked about the football team and his brother who played for our national title squad in 1964. We spoke nothing about the Orioles or baseball....just our love for our mutual home state. He was so excited that he asked to have his picture taken with me! It really was a great experience. Love Brooks, Go O's and Woo Pig Sooiee.