Ripken was a dour baseball lifer who never liked anything and seldom gave anyone a compliment. First thing I did was check to see if the hole was still there. Huber, Dalkowski's high school coach, visits him each Sunday. The two walk to St. John Lutheran Church. We walk, stop after church.
Some people ask for autographs.
Lately he has been very good with his responses. I shoot questions at him and he fills in the blanks. Huber had lost touch with the flame-thrower for almost 30 years. Steve's situation is unfortunate. Things were starting to get better, then he lost his wife.