Choo Choo Coleman

[ALR-bishop]

Read in SCD that he died 8-15. Great name and a pretty tough high number in 1966. Think he made the Flipping book too

[alfredoleal2001]

does he have any relation with vince coleman??

[71buc]

From http://www.liquisearch.com/choo-choo_coleman/quotes
While Coleman never had success as a player, he became somewhat famous for his malapropisms. Perhaps most famous was an interview on Kiner's Korner, the Mets post-game show. Host Ralph Kiner liked to tell the story, during game broadcasts, about how Choo-Choo didn't say much and was very hard to interview. Coleman also had a bad memory for names, and called everybody "Bub". Ralph explained that he had run out of questions for Coleman, so he asked Choo-Choo, "What's your wife's name and what's she like?" Choo-Choo replied "My wife's name is Mrs. Coleman and she likes me, Bub." Another time, Kiner asked Clarence how he had gotten the name Choo-Choo. "I don't know, Ralph," was the answer.

[Mariner]

Good stories about Choo Choo.....I agree, Al....the 66 high number is a premium card in the set....I just had mine graded recently.

[alfredoleal2001]

sweet PSA 9!!

[dembums]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Read in SCD that he died 8-15. Great name and a pretty tough high number in 1966. Think he made the Flipping book too

Here is Choo Choo's excerpt from "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book" by Brendan Boyd and Fred Harris. This book's a classic if you don't own a copy.

The authors really do a number on early Mets players - I guess they were pretty bad

[pclpads]

A PSA 8 sold last week at an AH for $133 w/ the juice. Maybe that's the going price?