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Do You Have An Interesting Story About Meeting a Former Major Leaguer? / Don Stokes' Colorizations August 23, 2022October 21, 2022

Do You Have An Interesting Story About Meeting a Major Leaguer? If So, Let’s Hear it!

Many thanks to Ray Banko for coming up with a neat idea. Ray suggested it would be interesting to encourage our readers to share their personal remembrances, encounters, and/or experiences with former major league ballplayers…

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Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo and family.
Furillo and Roy Campanella snowed out at Ebbetts Field, April 11950
Dick Whitman, Carl Furillo, Arky Vaughan
Gil Hodges with Carl Furillo and Sandy Amaros
Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, PeeWee Reese, Duke Snider, Preacher Roe, Gil Hodges
Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo
Gil Hodges, Johnny Podres, Carl Furillo, 1955
Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo,, Billy Cox
Carl Furillo
Dixie Walker, Carl Furillo, ?, Gene Hermanski, ?, Pete Reiser, Andy Anderson, Duke Snider
Furillo avoiding a tag at the plate
Duke Snider makes a leaping catch in Game 1 on a hit by Joe Collins as Carl Furillo looks on
Carl Furillo, Ted Williams, Duke Snider
Carl Furillo takes final stride to first
Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges
Band members with Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Carl Furillo, as they arrived at Ebbets Field during the 1951 pennant race
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anonymous/AP/Shutterstock (6627385a)Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Ted Williams
Carl Furillo on his 28ty birthday
Carl Furillo was a great outfielder with a strong arm. (Getty Images)
Carl Furillo with Dodgers' owner Walter O'Malley
Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo slides into Joe Garagiola
A photo from the incident between Carl Furillo and Leo Durocher, September 6, 1953
Carl Furillo (right) celebrates the Dodgers' 1955 World Series win with Gil Hodges and Johnny Podres
The Boys of Summer: PeeWee Reese, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo
PeeWee Reese, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges
Carl Furillo makes a leaping catch at Ebbets Field
Carl Furillo crossing the plate after hitting a home run (Getty Images)

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