https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2015/05/18/hello-babe-ruth-telling-the-world-about-autographs/ Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2015/05/18/hello-babe-ruth-telling-the-world-about-autographs/#comment-114758 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 03:19:30 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/?p=3802#comment-114758 Thanks you for including this story. I keep hunting down folks and you never know. Here is a recent adventure. After the Hearst Games stopped in 1965, the Greater new York Sandlot Athletic Alliance continued games through 1970 between the Yankee Juniors and Met Juniors, chosen from the best sandlot players in the New York Metropolitan area. In 1969, the game was played at Yankee Stadium. The MVP was catcher John Wagner. I caught up with him at a function in Connecticut. John went to Iona College but never played professionally. His pitcher on the other hand achieved a measure of success. Indeed, he was the featured speaker at the event in West Hartford, CT. Wagner and his pitcher were together from Little League through College. The pitcher wound up with the Kansas City Royals – a fellow by the name of Dennis Leonard.

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