of course, he won’t get in, but it’s still nice to see Ron Gant’s name on the HOF ballot.. i met him back in the 1988 pre-season when I was 12 years old and he was just a random rookie for the Braves..
i was at an exhibition game in Florida during spring training, and i got dissed by Dale Murphy when I tried to get an autograph.. Ron Gant saw me get dissed, walked up to me from behind and put his hand on my shoulder and offered to sign my program.. awesome, although i had no idea who he was.. i had to try and match the signature to the player names in my program when i got home..
anyway, after that i really wanted to see Gant be successful, and he was, with several 30+ homerun seasons before getting injured in an ATV accident..
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