On a Sh*ttle flight from LAS-DEN about year or so ago my brother in law and I were behind Sandy Koufax (he was in 1D, we were in 2CD). There happened to be a little league team on board and as soon as the seat belt light went off, every kid on the team came up and asked him for his autograph. He was a great sport, extremely patient, spoke to each kid for a moment or two, and honoured every autograph request.

The embarrasing moment came towards the end of the procession when a kid came up and asked the guy in *1C* for his autograph (the kid has no idea who SK was, he just saw his teammates getting and autograph, and figured he should have one too). The guy in 1C was flumoxxed, and asked Sandy what he should do, Sandy said "Sign it, he obviously won't know the difference anyway". Sandy then took it signed it and sent the kid packing.

Sean

[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 09-08-2001).]