When All is Ed and Don

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Ed Kranepool tells Kevin Kernan that Don Grant was OK by him.

Kranepool sheds new light on the career of M. Donald Grant, the chairman and minority owner of the Mets from their inception when Joan Payson owned the team. “I really got along with Donald Grant,'' he said. “Donald Grant, I thought, was a very professional person. He got a bad rap for all these trades. They blamed him for that. He was really a gentleman.'' It was on June 15, 1977 when Tom Seaver was traded. The Franchise was sent to Cincinnati. “Donald Grant was not a baseball man, he was a financial man. If he gave you his word on something you could shake his hand and go to the bank. He helped me when I had my one problem with (GM) Joe McDonald. He gave his word and he kept it. I always respected him and I hate to see people rip him apart.''

Ed also vacationed with Willie Mays.



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