A baseball player answers his fan mail 15 years later.
http://www.slate.com/id/2154698/?GT1=8900
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This is definitely my favorite part of the story:
"After enduring years worth of questions from benighted sports writers ("How'd it feel out there today, Don?"), Carman compiled a list of 37 suitably vapid answers that could be applied to almost any query. These included: "Baseball's a funny game"; "I just want to help the club any way I can"; "I didn't have my good stuff, but I battled 'em"; and, a personal favorite, "We have a different hero every day." Carman posted the list above his locker with a note that told writers, "You saw the game … take what you need.""
At the least that is refreshingly honest.
"After enduring years worth of questions from benighted sports writers ("How'd it feel out there today, Don?"), Carman compiled a list of 37 suitably vapid answers that could be applied to almost any query. These included: "Baseball's a funny game"; "I just want to help the club any way I can"; "I didn't have my good stuff, but I battled 'em"; and, a personal favorite, "We have a different hero every day." Carman posted the list above his locker with a note that told writers, "You saw the game … take what you need.""
At the least that is refreshingly honest.
This is vintage Carman...Jason Stark [ESPN Mag] used to write for the Philadelphia INquirer - every Tuesday ahad a "This Week in Baseball Column", with a special section jusy for Don Carman quotes of the week. What a freaking riot this guy was - with him and the Jay of Johnstone, we were quite entertained for a number of years here in Philly.