I best remember talking to Tug McGraw a day (or two) after he pitched a great game for the Mets in Pittsburgh (which I was at) when he was throwing in the bullpen before a Cubs game. I said something to him like "Nice game, last night," and he was thrilled that someone cared. I used to see ballplayers in the hotels because my father tended to stay at the same hotels that the ball-teams used. I remember they would sit around the pool at the Chase Park Plaza in St Louis during the day which I did sometimes too. I really tended not to bother them though. I've never been big on disturbing the privacy of people whom I really do not know.
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That's pretty cool
I have similar memories. As a boy I also traveled with my father, staying in the same hotels with the ballplayers.
I remember the Dodgers were at the hotel in Pittsburgh - this would be 1964 - saw Maury Wills, etc.
I went to the game at Forbes Field, sat way way up in the "Press Box" or so they told me. IIRC, Wills had a great base-stealing year then.