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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 965206" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>Went to a White Sox double-header with the A's back in the 70s, with my Cousin. We brought a kid with us, from Montana, and his Uncle. They'd never been to a MLB game. Reggie Jackson was with the A's, and the kid was a Jackson and A's fan. I thought he was going to wet his pants just going to the game, he was so happy.</p><p></p><p>After the game, we went down to the players area so the kid could get Reggie's autograph. When Reggie came out, he just blew past the kid, ignoring him. My Cousin, who wasn't the type to allow that to happen, went over to Jackson and told him to get his "rear end" back to the kid and sign his name. Jackson did, but never cracked a smile, or said a word. The kid had asked him a couple of questions, and he ignored him. He was really upset.</p><p></p><p>Well, I knew a player for the Sox, from my days in Chicago. So I went over to their bus, and caught him as he was going to get in. We talked for a bit, and I had my Cousin bring the kid over. He shook his hand, and gave him a great big smile. Then he invited the kid into the bus, and everyone greeted him, signed a baseball for him, and then Ed Farmer, who was a pitcher for them, gave him a game jersey that nearly all of them signed. </p><p></p><p>When we left Oakland, a kid who was a life-long A's fan became an instant White Sox fan. </p><p></p><p>That was my only seriously good memory of Oakland. It's not a place that I care to ever visit again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 965206, member: 17953"] Went to a White Sox double-header with the A's back in the 70s, with my Cousin. We brought a kid with us, from Montana, and his Uncle. They'd never been to a MLB game. Reggie Jackson was with the A's, and the kid was a Jackson and A's fan. I thought he was going to wet his pants just going to the game, he was so happy. After the game, we went down to the players area so the kid could get Reggie's autograph. When Reggie came out, he just blew past the kid, ignoring him. My Cousin, who wasn't the type to allow that to happen, went over to Jackson and told him to get his "rear end" back to the kid and sign his name. Jackson did, but never cracked a smile, or said a word. The kid had asked him a couple of questions, and he ignored him. He was really upset. Well, I knew a player for the Sox, from my days in Chicago. So I went over to their bus, and caught him as he was going to get in. We talked for a bit, and I had my Cousin bring the kid over. He shook his hand, and gave him a great big smile. Then he invited the kid into the bus, and everyone greeted him, signed a baseball for him, and then Ed Farmer, who was a pitcher for them, gave him a game jersey that nearly all of them signed. When we left Oakland, a kid who was a life-long A's fan became an instant White Sox fan. That was my only seriously good memory of Oakland. It's not a place that I care to ever visit again. [/QUOTE]
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