Met Bobby Richardson the Other Night

Ironmanfan

On Thursday, I attended a banquet in Reading (PA) whose headline speaker was Yankee great, Bobby Richardson. Mr. Richardson is in great shape for being 79 years old (he retired from baseball as a player at age 30) & I was fortunate to have him sign a copy of his recent biography as well as a OMLB (he added the 1960 WS MVP inscription without me asking):



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yankeeno7

Congrats....those are a couple of his more exceptional signatures I have ever seen. Large and flow really nice.

SidePocket

He was a beloved Yankee - why did he retire so young?

Ironmanfan

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I haven't read his book yet for details, but when I asked him that he simply said "it was the right time." Of course afterwards he had a successful run as a college baseball coach (South Carolina & Liberty).

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ElvisP

What a great signature he has, unlike today's chicken scratchers! He will be here in Greenville(SC) next month as guest speaker for the annual Furman U. baseball fundraiser.

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I haven't read his book yet for details, but when I asked him that he simply said "it was the right time." Of course afterwards he had a successful run as a college baseball coach (South Carolina & Liberty).

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Don't Leave out Coastal Carolina University (1985-1986) GO CHANTS! I have met Mr. Richardson a couple times, very nice man.

Stingray

And still a very nice sig. I noticed that some players in their later years have a change for the worse in their autos. I.E., Musial, Aaron and Kaline come to mind.