Posted by bmbigdog44 on 12/1/2024 6:56:00 PM (view original):
Jim Chones C
Time for my Jim Chones story....I apologize to the regulars who probably heard it before...
I was about 12 years old, which woulda made it 1978 or so. I had gone to a Cleveland Indians game with my aunt & uncle, who then took me down the street from the ol' Municipal Stadium to the Amtrak station for a ride home to Rochester NY, where my parents would pick me up the next morning. I'm all alone, waiting for the train and went to the restroom. As I'm stading there washing my hands, a TALLLL black man wearing yellow Lakers sweats is standing behind me, waiting for me to finish.
Somehow, I wasn't nervous, and just asked him "you play ball?" He smiled and said, yes. "I'm Jim Chones and I'm with the Lakers now, but I still live in Cleveland in the off-season". 12 year old me said, "cool, nice to meet you!" and walked out of the bathroom. If you look at his career, I might be off a year or two but thats the gist of it.