I used to really like the Pittsburgh Pirates as a kid... They were known for awhile as “The Lumber Company” back then... Stargell was a member, along with Clemente and Hebner and a couple of others... Manny Sanguillen was a member and my favorite catcher at the time (he had this really low, unorthodox stance behind the plate, one leg splayed out on the ground)...
I wasn’t much of a pro sports fan until I moved to Houston and the Astros built Enron Field (now Minute Maid Park).
But when I was a kid the man who lived across the street had a daughter and son-in-law who came down every spring. I used to baby sit for their kid, then kids. The s-i-l was George Mitterwald, catcher for the Twins.
Had I been just a hair smarter, I’d have asked to be paid, at least once, with an autographed baseball.