Monday, December 23, 2013

Signed Ball of the Day - "Sweet" Lou Johnson ( ROMLB Sweet Spot w/World Series Inscription ? )

As shown HERE yesterday I went to Baldwin Hills Mall Saturday to pick up two autographs from a couple of former World Champion Dodgers. The first was Ken Landreaux which to me was the more important of the two due to the connection of the scavenger hunt he and I were involved in. Also showing up was "Sweet" Lou Johnson who won a title with the Dodgers back in 1965.

Lou was scheduled to start signing around 1 in the afternoon but he showed up early and started right away. I had jumped back into line right after acquiring the Ken autograph and was about 10th in line but when Lou started there was a good 50+ behind me. Who knew Lou would draw them in? While I waited I chatted up with a few familiar faces from around the autograph hounding world and when I finally got up to the table I asked Lou if he would be so kind as to put a World Series inscription on the ball so it would match my Ken one that I just got no more than 20 minutes earlier. He said sure but this is how I am writing it now. I said ok....? and waited to see what he put on there. Once he handed me the ball back I took a look at it and it said 41-65. What? 41 was his number while he was on the team in 1965 but that is one odd way to inscribe a World Series Champion. Maybe in his older years it is easier for him to do that instead of writing it out for everyone but its still odd in my eyes. Nonetheless, it was a free autograph and I am not going to complain about it. Thank you once again to the Dodgers and Lou Johnson for coming out and meeting up with fans and doing an autograph session.


What is Lou writing?


41-65? Huh? Ok then

4 comments:

  1. LOL! I got Sweet Lou's sig yesterday too and I overheard him saying something about "41-65" to someone in line. I thought he said he wore both numbers or something. Didn't think that's how he's inscribing his WS now. Also, there was someone in line ahead of me that had him sign their Jaime Jarrin bobblehead. You should have seen the confusion on Sweet Lou's face when they handed it to him.

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    1. It was odd. Guy in front of me also had a confused look on his face. Whatever I guess. Did the bobble person actually know it wasnt Lou? Uh, different skin tone! lol.
      Better to have him just sign the Dodger schedule they were handing out

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  2. The fan that handed it to him was a young girl. Lou looked at it, looked confused, then made sure she knew it wasn't him. She confirmed she still wanted him to sign it and he signed in silver across Jaime Jarrin's forehead.

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    1. LOL. Across the forehead. Classic. At least that is a story for future family get togethers.

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