The time I met Robin Yount

So, now that I'm home....it appears I have a lot to catch up on. So, I apologize if it appears I am posting too much. :P


In response to the Creative Challenges group I joined, here I go starting with the most recent challenge and working backwards. :)

In 1999, I believe it was, Robin Yount was at Milwaukee County Stadium to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I worked there, but I have to admit that I was not the biggest fan of baseball. Okay, it would be totally fair to say I thought the sport boring and uninteresting. However, the name Robin Yount stuck in my mind from my childhood. He was a Milwaukee Brewer great. I used to have his baseball card. Remember the days when you'd be walking down the street on a hot sunny summer day and there would be cops handing out baseball cards? I remember those days even now, as if I were nine years old yesterday. But, to get back to the story at hand, Robin Yount was there and I didn't think too much of it until I saw him. Now the guys I worked with planned ahead of time and had brought with them stuff for him to sign, should they be able to meet him. I was taking an empty tray back to the kitchen area when I saw him. A couple of co-workers ran up to him with baseballs to sign. I stood there for a second, trying to rack my brain for something he could sign. I ran back to the kitchen to drop off my tray and then yanked off my work hat. I ran up by the guys and when it was my turn, I asked if he'd sign my hat. I felt like a little kid when I met him. There was the Brewer great, standing there in front of me. And, now I had my hat in my hand with his name written in black sharpie on the underside of the bill of the hat. I left work that night in awe, but then wondered what I was going to do since it was a work hat. Due to a suggestion made by a co-worker, I left the hat at home when I had to work next and told a lady at work that I'd lost my hat. I was a tad ashamed for lying to her, but I admit feeling overjoyed that I could keep the hat with the great Robin Yount's autograph. I will remember that evening for as long as I am able to access my memories. He was a great player and it has seemed, a great role model. That was the time I met Robin Yount. :)