I’ve had the image in my head for more than 30 years.
I’m outside Metropolitan Stadium, ready for the Orioles to arrive. Sharpie in hand, I’m ready for autographs.
A few, like Jim Palmer, come alone by cab. Well-dressed guys heading into The Met.
Then, I see a car pull up near the visitors entrance. A convertible. The passenger is wearing an Orioles uniform. It’s coach Jim Frey.
True story. Unfortunately, I know only the story’s beginning.
I see on http://www.sportscollectors.net/ that Frey’s signed 138 of 145 fan mail requests. I’m not wanting autographed cards. I just want to know where the O’s coach went in uniform. Think he’ll tell? It’s worth a two-stamp gamble.
He probably went somewhere to conduct a baseball clinic.
Awesome guess, Joe. Thanks. However…
I wouldn’t ride around the Twin Cities wearing a BALTIMORE uniform. That’s what puzzles me. Granted, it wouldn’t be the same as wearing a YANKEES uniform through the streets of Boston. And, it was during the simpler 1970s. Still…