Card talk around the bar

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Posted By: Bob

I've found that the after hours discussions with other collectors at the bar ccan prove not only informative but also very entertaining. If you go to the show in Chicago next year, try to stay at the hotel where most of the 54ers are staying and wander down to the bar at night. You learn a lot more than you would think about cards, from pricing to information about the cards themselves and the hobby in general. For you lurkers out there, don't feel shy about introducing yourselves and joining in. The comeraderie is great and the discussions lively and fun.

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Posted By: Peter Thomas

Bob - only 360 days to go

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Posted By: Bill K@sel

I'm looking forward to going next year given it's just a short drive from Madison. I was jealous of everyone who was able to attend this year (especially the NW54 dinner).

Bill

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Posted By: Chad

Sunday was rough on my noodle. Oof.

--Chad

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Posted By: Bryan Long

Plus, you may get a chance to see Bob break up a bar fight! Heck, who knows Bob may have punched out the only WS pitcher to throw a perfect game. Don Larson has nothing on you Bob

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Tbob,

Watch out for Mr. Larsen's frog gig. He said he likes to that in his spare time and afterwards eat the legs. It sounds kind of Dahmerish if you ask me.

Kmac

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Posted By: Jimi

Very cool getting the picture with Don Larsen, but even cooler talking to the guys (Bob, Bryan, Mike, Tim, and all). Let's see I learned that I can handle listening to Bob tell the same Larsen bar fight 9 times in a row with out flinching (LOL.....aaah, he was so pumped!), that I will never be able to spend $960,000 on everything in my life time let alone on cardboard, and that the 5% of the time that I'm not following Bryan around everything cool happens. Sorry, Bryan, but it appears that I will be following you around every second next year!

Jimi

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Posted By: Zach S.

Alright... now somebody has to tell the Bob vs. Larsen fight story.

Zach S.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

I left the Show Friday afternoon, after having my best National, and who do I run into at the Cleveland Airport....but, Don Larsen.
I recognized him instantly, as I had met him at Cooperstown last Summer. We had a real nice conversation and reminisced about
BB in New York back in the '50s.

I was fortunate to see him pitch his perfect game on the TV as a kid....so, running into him was a great ending to a great week.

TED Z

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Posted By: peter chao

You are telling me that none of you got Don Larsen's autograph.

Peter C.

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Posted By: Paul S

...when you got the guy! (besides, Ted probably got it the summer before.)

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Peter,

My wife and I talked with Don Larson in the bar for a little bit. At the show, they were charging $60.00 for his autograph. Out of pure respect for the man, it would be very tacky to ask for an autograph from him. I did like his story about Gigging frogs in California and shaking his hand was good enough for me. Was fun to meet a legend. My second so far this year. The first of the year was meeting Ernie Banks and all the old Cubbies along with Eddie Vedder.

Ken

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Posted By: Bill Cornell

Sorry, but it wasn't fight, or anything close. Bob momentarily took the seat of some grouchy guy who wanted his seat and his beer back. Poor Bob only wanted to see the Twins commit 2 errors in the same inning, which I got to see. The guy came back and started barking about Don Larsen's friend who had just told him to go away...

Mike Peich got some nice photos of Don - maybe we'll see a few here. Personally, I couldn't overcome my Red Sox bias when seeing Larsen (who was very pleasant, btw). If Mantle, Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Gehrig, Yogi, Whitey Ford all walked into a bar I was sitting in, I'd have had the same bland reaction. Being a Yankees fan is like rooting for Exxon.


Bill

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Bill,

That would be a more accurate description of what I saw.

kmac

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Posted By: Jason L

that if all those Yankee legends walked into a bar, it would be rather incredible because several of them are dead!

-love the Exxon comment, btw!

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Posted By: Bob

No fisticuffs, just lots of loud, foul language (none by Larsen) and threats of violence between the drunk and the guy he despised, who was Larsen's buddy. Like I said, it could have gotten ugly. Actually a woman came in the bar and the drunk spent the rest of the night trying to pick her up and take her to his room, and this more than anything defused the situation.
Bill's right, I wanted to defuse things and also watch the hapless Twins play.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Last summer in Cooperstown, Don Larsen was the quite the attraction....as it was the 50th anniversary of his perfect game. We ran
into him at the (one and only) bar in town Saturday evening. He was surrounded by a crowd, including some fine looking gals.

And, before we knew it a "near brawl" broke out between two dudes that had one drink too many.....arguing over BB back in the NY
scene in the '50s.

TED Z