I’m still praying to St. Anthony that I will locate my signed Tug McGraw photo I got of him in person in 1981. I know where it use to be, and I went through the entire shelf and it’s not there. I did find this:

I think it’s one of the better portraits I drew years ago. I was only 21 when I did this of Tug. : )

And then on the shelf was the 1978 team, almost the same players from the 1980s team. I have that big box of stuff, but since this was on the shelf, here it is:

And a close up of Tug:

His famous saying was ‘You’ve gotta believe’. I’ll keep hoping!

By the way, the Tampa Bay Rays had to move out of their hotel in Philly and ended up in the swanky Hotel DuPont (look at the video tour-it’s really nice and Longwood Gardens is mentioned too)in Wilmington, a stone’s throw from here. They were really impressed by the joint-perhaps their upcoming consolation prize?