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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now THAT is seriously cool!</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=scooterd408@hotmail.com href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">Scott
Dredge</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">viz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 27, 2009 4:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] I finally made it
to Cooperstown!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all,<BR><BR>Idaho State Representative Erik Simpson (R-Idaho
Falls) very generously - and surprisingly for once without any quid pro quo -
gave me one ticket to sit in the very front row at the 2009 Major League
Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony yesterday in Cooperstown, NY, where
his late grandfather - Yankees 2nd baseman Joe Gordon - was being inducted
into the Hall along with Boston Red Sox Great Jim Rice and Oakland Athletic /
Yankee / Blue Jay / Padre / Angel / Met / Mariner / Red Sox / Dodger Great
Rickey Henderson. Back in my college days when Erik first told me that
his grandfather was an MVP in the Big Leagues (1942 when he was elected MVP
over Ted Williams who had a Triple Crown season), my off-the-cuff response was
something to the effect of 'Maybe your grandfather played in the major
leagues, but there was no way he was an MVP'. In my defense, Erik had a
nasty habit back then of routinely stretching the truth - if not flat out
completely fabricating grandiose stories - and these were the days before all
the world's knowledge was quickly available Googling and Wiki'ing at my
fingertips.<BR><BR>I'm heading off to Seattle tomorrow and I'll be at the
Mariners / Jays game Wednesday afternoon - although with no connections this
time - I'm sitting all the way back in row 32 behind the plate. I hope
the Jays trade their ace and probable starter Roy Halladay prior to that game,
otherwise there are likely to be a lot of silent M's
bats.<BR><BR>-Scott<BR><BR><BR>
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