Below is a authographed card of Neale Henderson, I interviewed Mr. Henderson ( Bobo ) at the HOF induction for the Negro League induction in Kansas City, Mo in 2000 ( I was the guest of THE ROPE - Bob Boyd ) I will soon post a portion of that interview! I had the good fortune of attending those ceremonies - getting a number of autographs meeting some wonderful men - Charlie Pride, Double Duty Ratcliffe, Hank Aaron, Joe B. Scott, and Sherwood Brewer among many others.



Following is the logo that was adopted for that particular ceremony.

***********************My earliest memory of the Orioles is 1957 - I was a kid from Arkansas - an army brat - who had lived his life on the road - to this point - Between 1957 and 1965 I lived as many years in the Baltimore area as anywhere - hence my reference as that being home - although i lived most of the last 30 years in Arkansas - as a 9 year old kid playing ball with my friends - They loved to tease me about where I was from - "Akansaw" was there pronunciation of my home state - but alas - I had the last laugh! One day, while we were changing the sound of our bikes into motorcycles - by placing baseball cards in the spokes - held there by clothes pins - I discovered a card of one named Brooks Robinson - from - LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS - he became our hero - and I could hold my head high!









On my last trip to Baltimore - attended the game between the Orioles and Rockies on Fathers Day - delightful - but the best part of the entire trip was meeting HOF'er Jim Palmer - We were dining at Da Mimmo;s in the Little Italy district of downtown Baltimore -we were introduced to the owners - the Masoodi's - who have a wonderful restaurant - they know Jim Palmer personally - and assured us that he would show up after the game - and sure enough - he did - and we were able to visit with one of my favorites - for several minutes br



When I went to Roxboro NC to interview Enos "Country" Slaughter, I arrived at his place, in the country, began unpacking my video and audio recording stuff - there was a trailer to the right of the house, a gentleman sitting on the front porch ask if he could help, I explained that I had an appointment with Mr. Slaughter, he said " don't bother to knock, just walk right on in", me, having been raised in Baltimore and other large cities knew right away that I was not gonna JUST WALK RIGHT ON IN - when I knocked on the door - the gruff voice on the inside hollered - COME ON IN - I hesitated for a moment - knocked on the door again - and the voice hollered 'BY GOD, I SAID come on in" - I did as instructed, that episode has created a fond memory I have of Mr. Slaughter.



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PLAYERS INTERVIEWED

BOB "the rope" BOYD - - - - - - - - - - - DUKE SNIDER
JIM "Diamond Jim" GENTILE - - - - - - -DON DEMETER
BROOKS ROBINSON - - - - -- - - - - - -WARREN SPAHN
HAL R. SMITH - - - - - - - - - - - - - CARL "Oisk" ERSKINE
ENOS "country" SLAUGHTER - -BILL "digger" O'DELL
ALVIN DARK -- - - - - - - - KENNETH RAFFENSBERGER
EDWIN "Preacher" ROE - - - - - - - - - -JACK HARSHMAN
DON LOCK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GEORGE KELL
JERRY LUMPE - - - - - - - -HARRY "the cat" BRECHEEN
and
TOM STURDIVANT

AND FROM THE NEGRO LEAGUE

MACK PRIDE Jr - - - - - - - - JOHN "buck" O'NEIL
BILL "ready" CASH - - - - - - - - - - "Bird" CLARK
JOE B. SCOTT - - - - - - - Neale "Bobo" Henderson
AND
Charlie "Country Chuck" Pride


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