Subject: Cal Signs!
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:21:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Don Dudley - Sun Microsystems <ddudley@subtle>
To: TAWyatt@MediaOne.com

Tracey -- Baltimoron and Oriole Fan,

You might know that I was able to extend my Colorado vacation last week
for purposes of attending the 69th All-Star Game at beautiful Coors
Field.  (Jan and Maura came back on July 2nd, mostly so that Maura
could celebrate her 18th birthday at home.)  My cousin partners with
another guy for a pair of season tickets and I was able to sit with
him.  At the eleventh hour, I was able to get Leah a seat, too, from
one of the three season ticket holders that partners with my brother.
I traded my Home Run Derby ticket, the rights to the Glory Beanie Baby
(little did I know:-() and the difference in face value of the two
tickets for an All-star Game ticket.  Whereas my seat with my cousin
was in Row 28 down left field a couple of sections, a perfectly good
seat, she sat w/ my brother in Row 7 of the alcohol-free section even
with third base.

Anticipating that she might have the opportunity to get an autograph
from some low-life like Ken Griffey Jr., I bit the bullet and purchased
a $16 Official All-Star baseball at Fan Fest earlier in the day.  (At
the Fan Fest, I was able to get autographs from Ralph Branca, Goose
Gossage -- who is from Colorado Springs and once faced my brother, Don
Larsen, Robin Roberts and Bob Gibson, if you happen to have heard of
any of those guys :-).)  Well anyway, she did quite a bit better than
that.  During batting practice, Cal Ripken Jr. came over and signed her
ball.  He spent a total of 45-60 minutes signing.  Given her long-time
adoration of Lou Gehrig and his ethic, there couldn't have been a more
perfect player's signature for her to get.  She brought the ball up to
me and couldn't have been more thrilled.

Maura's heads off to Johns Hopkins next month.  Need I remind you that
we weren't quite able to pull off getting there on September 5, 1995,
but we're all hoping that this affords us some opportunities to get to
Camden Yards over the next four years.

Hope all is well with you.

Regards,

Don