I had a somewhat similar experience back in ninth grade when I was at this guy's house. He had a big book of addresses of former players that you could write to for autographs. This was in 1980. I picked one player to write to and for reasons I can't remember it was Joe Cronin. I sent him a polite letter, a 3 X 5 index card and some postage. I never heard back.
Then when I was a senior in college (1986), I got a call from my mom saying that I had received a "letter rejected, addressee moved" stamp on a letter that I had sent. It was the one I had sent to Cronin in 1980.
Rejected from beyond the grave, as Cronin had passed away in 1984.
I actually wasn't upset. I just thought it was weird.
When I sent former Cardinal third baseman Whitey Kurowski a get-well card for my mom to sign, he sent it right back and added a note and a drawing someone made of him.
No, he was just my mom's favorite player growing up. She liked him because his arms weren't the same length. Neither were my mom's. She always stood to hide her right arm in photographs.
I didn't know my mom's arms weren't the same length until she told me. One was about a foot shorter than the other.
When Nick Johnson broke his leg this year, my son sent him a get well card with a real cute drawing.
I don't want to begruge a recovering or be churlish about what was supposed to be a nice gesture on our part, not his, but I am secretly a little disappointed my boy didn't get a picture or note back. Not because it was impolite or anything, just cause it seemed like Nick (and his agent) missed a small opportunity to do a nice thing for a young fan.
13 I noticed that when I first read the article. Sort of takes the blush off the rose, doesn't it? Here's a nice man who is just as diligent about answering his fan mail as Ringo Starr was in the Simpsons, and yet he works for the devil.
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When I sent former Cardinal third baseman Whitey Kurowski a get-well card for my mom to sign, he sent it right back and added a note and a drawing someone made of him.
Him? Was he funny or something?
I didn't know my mom's arms weren't the same length until she told me. One was about a foot shorter than the other.
I guess the frumpy clothing might have helped with that as well.
Explains a lot.
My mom always wore blouses with long sleeves. So as long as she positioned her clothing right, you really couldn't tell much of a difference.
She was like a pregnant actress on TV wearing coats all the time to hide that.
I don't want to begruge a recovering or be churlish about what was supposed to be a nice gesture on our part, not his, but I am secretly a little disappointed my boy didn't get a picture or note back. Not because it was impolite or anything, just cause it seemed like Nick (and his agent) missed a small opportunity to do a nice thing for a young fan.
OK, disappointment not entirely secret.
"Mom, is that arm longer than the other?"
"No dear, it's just perspective. It looks longer because it's closer to you."
"Oh, OK"
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