ON JULY 14 I VENTURED INTO BROOKLYN TO SEE THE CYCLONES WIN 4-2. AT
THE PARK IS OUR BROOKLYN BUMS MUSEUM ALLOWING US TO RECALL THOSE
GREAT MOMENTS OF THE 40'S AND 50'S. THIS TIME A CERTAIN PICTURE STOOD
OUT--IT WAS OF HALL OF FAMER JOE MEDWICK WHO WAS THE LAST NL TO WIN
TRIPLE CROWN IN 1937 WHILE A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL AND HE WON MVP THAT
YEAR TOO. HE JOINED OUR BUMS LATER AND HELPED THEM WIN A PENANT IN
1941. YOU ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING IN BROOKLYN-AND THE NATHANS HOTDOGS
AND BROOKLYN BEER WERE NOT BAD EITHER.
HOPE YOUR SUMMER IS GOING WELL
I VENTURE TO COOPERSTOWN NEXT WEEK FOR INDUCTION WEEKEND WHICH I HOPE
WILL BE GIL'S IN 2005
BE WELL-GOOD HEALTH
JOE D'AGOSTIN