That was it. A man lives 90 years and he goes to his grave giving up Teddy Ballgame's first home run. If that doesn't make a person think. I try to remember that when I think I'm starting to take myself too seriously. George Foreman never played baseball, but he's going to have an unusual line in his obituary.
Some players figure to have their obituaries worded differently from city to city.
Pete Rose will not die without having Bart Giamatti included in his obit. Bill Buckner, poor guy, had 2,715 lifetime hits. He had a .289 career batting average while playing in an era when .289 meant something. Ralph Branca went 88-68 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ralph Terry had 1,000 big-league strikeouts, and he won Game 7 of the 1961 World Series for the New York Yankees.