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One of the heros of my childhood, when all I knew about bikes was how to patch an inner tube and that my bike set me free. I never walked again, if I could ride. I was a Detroit Tigers fan, living in Massachusetts and NYC. I had a "real" (wool?) cap and an Al Kaline autographed (mass-production) bat that was my pride and joy. The days of Stratamatic Baseball...Amazing, he was a year younger than my father. RIP
Yes, Al Kaline was one of the heroes when I was a young boy and devouring all I could about the best baseball players. Al Kaline, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, and for a north-side Chicago kid it was Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Glen Beckert, Fergie Jenkins... It seems like it was a simpler time then but I suspect that was not really the case. Still... I'm missing baseball this spring.