ScarletKnight41 wrote: .... he is not a fan-friendly kind of person. Im sure he wasnt as accessable to the fans as some. I remember one time 3 players came up to the rail together along the 1st base line and talked with my buddys and me for at least ten minutes, well before game time. I cant remember who the third was, but two were Jon Matlack and Buzz Capra. And they were very funny and really regular guys. I was already a fan of matlacks, but this moved him up notches in my fan book and put capra on that list. I also remember Jerry Grote, during a fan picture day, being soooooo rude to a little kid (little'r than I, and I must have been around 12) who leaned around to poke his head into the dugout to say hi, that from that day on I held no respect for the man. For the Met catcher, yes, for the man, no. He shouted something like "get the hell outta here kid!" and the poor kid was just crushed. Ill never forget that.