Summary
There were 10, maybe 20 kids screaming at a hulking first baseman named Johnny Mize and waving their scorecards in a bid for his autograph.
"Sign mine, sign mine," they shouted, although a few who, thinking courtesy might move the formidable Mr. Mize, opted for something like "Please sign mine, Mr. Mize."See the full content of this document
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Tom Hennessy: Making a Play for Baseball Autographs
Seemingly indifferent to the entreaties, courteous or not, he stepped back and responded in his Georgia drawl, "If you kids don't shut up, I won't sign a darned one of yours."
We kids shut up.That was how we collected baseball autographs in the 1940s: shouting to our diamond heroes while hanging on the rails of ballparks, o...See the full content of this document
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