re: What was the reason you didn’t marry the person you thought you were going to?

It was the summer I was in the fourth grade. I lost her to Jeff Speed who pitched for Barfield Hardware. I was only an outfielder and had a good arm, but he had accuracy. We hit about the same, but it wasn't enough, and he won Sweet Rita that summer of baseball groupies.

Sweet Rita was nice a real catch among 10 year old women and at first it was difficult, but I had pretty much forgotten her by the time we hit the eighth grade. It was best because her family moved half way through the sixth grade.

Jeff probably took it better than me and quickly moved on to other women when she moved to Tulsa. He never made it past High School Ball. Elbow damage from pushing his fast ball too much I think. I ran into him at a golf tournament a few years back and we had fun talking about baseball over beers. He was a lousy golf player. Had a slice that killed his game.