Yes, that was Dave Kingman — the mighty and mercurial slugger — signing free autographs for nearly two hours as part of a Father’s Day promotion. (He was dressed in a casual Hawaiian shirt and khaki slacks, unlike the poor sweltering mascot.)
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One by one, fans approached Kingman, 62, and waited for him to pen his signature. Many of the fans recounted their favorite home run. The 6-foot-6 slugger once hit a ball 500 feet against Jerry Koosman. There was also a blast of least 530 feet at Wrigley Field. And a shot (albeit not a home run) that hit a speaker on the roof of Seattle’s Kingdome.
via Former Giants, A’s slugger Dave Kingman still can connect – San Jose Mercury News.
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I met him once when I was 7 at an autograph signing. I waited 90 mins in line and when I got to him he wouldn’t sign the bb card…he wrote the initials “DK” on a 1/4 sheet of notebook paper. Real swell guy.
maybe he thought he thought you was a sports writer.
He was my favorite Met when he came in 1975…I guess I took Seaver for granted. He was on pace for a monstrous 1976, then suffered a torn ligament in his hand diving for a ball.
Kingman was my fave too…which made the autograph incident even worse