METROPOLITAN DIARY
Looks Familiar
Dear Diary:
It was Opening Day at Yankee Stadium in April 1971, and a large crowd was on hand to see the Bronx Bombers start a new season.
My aunt had gotten us seats near the section where the players’ families sat, and our view of the field was superb.
As fans began to trickle out of the stadium in the later innings, I noticed that some of them were approaching a man who was sitting a few rows in front of us, and he was kindly accommodating everyone who asked him for his autograph.
I couldn’t tell who the man was from a distance. So, with my curiosity getting the better of me, I ambled down to where he was sitting and held out my pencil and scorecard.
After he finished signing, I looked down and was delighted to see that I had just gotten George Plimpton’s autograph.
— Paul Hensler
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html
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