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rurallib

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3. Went to see the Twins that year and Carew came into the stands and sat with us

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:37 PM

Feb 2022

It was July 4th. The crowd was pathetic. Just a couple of thousand.
We went early to watch BP. Carew took his cuts. Then he looked around and saw just a few people in the stands.

We were in low boxes behind 1st base dugout. Carew climbed up on top of the dugout, came in the stands and asked if he could join us for a few minutes.

We had quite the pleasant chat for about ten minutes. Then he said he had to go to work.

He got a couple of hits that night.
Oh yeah - this was at the old Met stadium where the giant shopping mall is now.

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Went to see the Twins that year and Carew came into the stands and sat with us rurallib Feb 2022 #3

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