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To: Clappy who wrote (28697)	8/13/2000 9:43:30 PM
From: techguerrilla	Read Replies (2) of 35685

Famous people stories The two greats who I had the privilege to meet were William Faulkner and Roberto Clemente. I'll never forget begging Clemente to autograph a baseball for me at the door of his green Cadillac when I was a kid. It has rested for years on my television set. Jane Pauley (NBC) was a good friend of mine and classmate at Indiana University. So I guess I met her. God was she beautiful. I was too intimidated to ask her for a date. I'd love to say that Clemente was the best baseball player I ever saw play the game. But I think I'm going to have to go with Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Mays was truly electric. I'll never forget a first-inning cannon shot that he rocketed over Forbes Field's left field wall one glorious summer afternoon. The most memorable home run I ever saw, though, was launched out of Forbes Field by Henry Aaron within minute after I had snuck into a box seat. The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates with Clemente and Stargell will always be my favorite baseball team. I attended game 4 (the Wrold Series' first night game). The best baseball team in my lifetime, though, was the 1960 Yankees that Pittsburgh beat in 7 games even though the three Yankee victories were by 12-0, 10-0, and 16-3. The Yankee batting average that series remains a World Series record. I was offered a ticket to game 7 but had to go to school. Jimmy Carter is the finest human who served as President in my lifetime. Ineffective. But human. I will always admire JFK's ability, though, to have coaxed Marilyn Monroe to come in the back door of the White House. BJ Bill gets the bad taste award. Dustin Hoffman! Meryl Streep! My finest stunt? Illegally jumping a train to visit East Germany during the communist era. I am SO proud of that stunt! -john- P.S. Football stories forthcoming

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