In honor of my NY Yankees making it back to the World Series this year I decided to put up a bit of family Yankee history. This photo of my father (right)and the Yankee Clipper, Joe Dimaggio (my father's idol) was taken at a place called Nicky Blair's Carnival in NYC the summer of 1946. The pic was in our family ever since, and 50 years later in 1996 I took my father to a baseball memorabilia signing at Trump's Atlantic City casino to see Dimaggio and get the photo signed. After paying the $175 fee we stood in line while Joe signed the same crap over and over again; cards, ball, bats, etc. My father handed hin the photo, still in the official nightclub folder. Dimaggio looked at the photo intently for a few seconds, then at my father and said "Is this you?" My father nodded and Dimaggio looked back at the pic and replied "Boy! We were young, huh?" and called my father around the table (something that was NOT done) to take a photo with him and the picture. We ended up with a picture of my father and Joe Dimaggio holding a picture of my father and Joe Dimaggio taken 50 years earlier! Great day all around!
BTW, that's not a small dog, that's my father's wolf paw in the pic! lol Happy Halloween also, I guess!
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
Sta.sh
Awesome lady.
My mom talked about her Dad taking her to baseball games in Dubuque IA every Saturday afternoon when she was a kid. Years later before Alzheimer's set in the whole family took her to see the Orioles at Camden Yard. It was cool to see my 80 year old mom transported to 10 again... nothing escaped her notice that day!
Go Yanks!