Mets’ Choo Choo Coleman, 50 Years Later – NYTimes.com

Wonderful.

Charlie Neal, who roomed with Coleman in 1962, was ragging him in spring training of 1963, saying, “I bet you don’t know my name.” To which Coleman replied, “You No. 4.”

Then there is the Ralph Kiner story about interviewing Coleman in 1962, and asking, “What’s your wife’s name, and what’s she like?” Coleman replied, “Her name is Mrs. Coleman — and she likes me, bub.”

via Mets’ Choo Choo Coleman, 50 Years Later – NYTimes.com.