Baseball

[ila]

Originally Posted by transjen

Well i think some players will be rembered like Tony Gwynn a fine hitter and was not on riods and Cal Ripken another fine player and who was not on riods and holds the iron man make with most consective games played

Jerseygirl Jen

I'd forgotten about Cal Ripken. Thankyou for reminding me about one of the greats.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by ila

I'd forgotten about Cal Ripken. Thankyou for reminding me about one of the greats.

How could you forget Cal But then i have a thing for shortstops as that was the position i played as a kid


On a side note Cal is a very nice guy ,i met him at a springtraining game years ago in FL around 96 or 97 and he was swamped with people wanting autographs and he stayed till everyone got one and he didn't just sign and push you along either
Jerseygirl Jen

[ila]

Originally Posted by transjen

How could you forget Cal But then i have a thing for shortstops as that was the position i played as a kud


On a side note Cal is a very nice guy ,i met him at a springtraining game years ago in FL around 96 or 97 and he was swamped with people wanting autographs and he stayed till everyone got one and he didn't just sign and push you along either
Jerseygirl Jen

I think it's very nice of a star like Cal to be so down to earth and friendly with his fans. That shows true class. It's no wonder he's one of the greats.

[smc]

The Red Sox had a player who was like Ripken with fans and other players alike: Sean Casey. A few years ago, some magazine (it might have been The Sporting News, but I can't remember for sure) surveyed more than 400 players and asked them who the nicest guy in baseball was, and Sean won hands down. Before he came to the Sox, he played for Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. He's famous for getting up early the morning after games and going to help serve food at a homeless shelter that he founded. He would always come out and talk to kids waiting around after games at Fenway. And a friend of mine told me that he ran into him at a restaurant in Florida during Spring training and started up a conversation with him that lasted 2 hours, where they talked about baseball, families, etc., as if they were old friends ... and then Sean insisted on paying for everyone in the entire restaurant because, he said, "it was such a nice real night" and he was sure he made far too much money to "play a game."

[transjen]

Just goes to show some players see that they are where there are because of the fans and some few honored that someone wants there autograph Mike Schmidt was a good guy for signing as was TugMcGraw and yes even Larry Bowa was a good signer even though he was focaused on my tits while signing a baseball for me
Jerseygirl Jen