Talk:Dean Chance

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I have a memory of Dean when I was 8 or 9 years old, it was around 1963 or 1964, he was pitching for the Los Angeles Angels. My Grandpa took me to an Angels exhibition game at Blair Field in Long Beach where we lived. Blair was nothing more than the baseball field at a large local park. Chance had a big previous year, winning 20 games, and I guess was quite full of himself. He had pitched the first two or three innings and was sitting alone in the stands in street clothes. I approached him and asked for an autograph. He said, "Sorry kid, I ain't got time." Talk about deflating a young baseball fan. Grandpa was PISSED!!