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Collecting record home-run hitters, Cowboys and ‘ The Bird’

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SCD encourages a diversity of voices and views. Please include your first and last name, city and state. SCD reserves the right to edit all letters for length and clarity. Please email letters to jowens@aimmedia.com.

I read the article about Frank Thomas by George Vrechek with great interest. It talks about the game where the Braves set the major league record by hitting four back-to-back home runs in 1961 at Crosley Field. I was at that game. I was 14 years old.

I got all the home run hitters to sign the article that came out in the Cincinnati Enquirer the next day. I also have my scorecard from that game. I have been a collector since I was 10 years old. I really enjoy your publication.

David W. Stevens, Clinton, Miss.

Thank you for connecting two of my favorite childhood memories in your recent edition entitled “Big Fish.”

As a youngster in the late-60s, our family moved from New England

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