During the week of the All-Star game in San Fransisco I had the honor of meeting Harmon Killebrew. It was an expected meeting as I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. While I was getting ready for the big press conference that was about to start revealing the line ups of that year’s All-Star game, someone invited me upstairs for a special breakfast and a chance to meet a Hall of Famer. Now I didn’t have time to eat (Surprising I pass up a meal) I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to meet Harmon Killebrew. I stood patiently as he was talking to a few people and then before he left I happened to grab him for a few minutes. He was a very nice guy and shared a couple of great baseball memories with me.
Sadly Harmon passed away today after a battle with cancer. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984 and hit 573 Home Runs back when those numbers meant more than they do now.
Check out the interview below.