Attribution: Bowman Gum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in an annual effort to shore up his shaky standing as a sports fan, realizes that the annual All-Star game was played weeks ago and he failed to display the image of Satchell Page signing the keeper’s program at the 1953 All-Star game in Cincinnati.
Older sports fans will understand that if you have such an unusual piece of sports memorabilia you do not miss an opportunity to show it off.
If you Google “MLB 1953 All-Star game” you can see the video from which the accompanying image was taken.
After introducing the managers—Casey Stengel and Charlie Dresen, the video goes to Satch and the keeper, both in their respective uniforms of the day. The keeper just back from Korea had a brief talk later with Ted Williams who was also just back from Korea and was in the stands with a beautiful woman.
It was a helluva day, and the keeper told Phyllis about it at least once a week until she said she had heard it often enough and did Satchel play trumpet or clarinet?
