I had a neighbor years ago, he was older than I. He apparently had bumped in to someone, my name came up, he wrote, and sent me one of his books. I was reading it again yesterday, and in view of some recent news, I thought this was interesting.
An excerpt from a book I have, written by John (Jack) Matthews, who is from Dayton, Ohio..
"Years later I was out of college and working at E.E MacDonald Company and one of the buyers gave me two tickets to the opening day Reds game. I asked Dad if he would like to go with me. It was the first day that a young rookie had come up from the minor leagues to play for the Reds. His name was Pete Rose. Pete's first time at bat, he was walked. He surprise the entire opening day crowd by running all the way, full tilt, to first base. What a fantastic moment."
