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15. You scored a deal on the Feller bobble head. He charged $10 for his autograph

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 01:15 PM

Aug 2022

at his museum in Van Meter — his Iowa home town. Rapid Robert had two moods: avuncular grandpa and axe murderer. I caught him in the second, he charged me, signed, and was rude about it. In that order.

To be fair, most of my contact with him was on a day when he’d torn the guts out of his Jag by running over something on I80 at 70 mph. He was pissed about that, and worried about how he was going to pick up Ted Williams who was resting at a Des Moines hotel. At another time, he signed his book for my daughter, and couldn’t have been nicer.

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Heartening to hear....nt Jade Fox Aug 2022 #1

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That is one guy Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #9

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Nice find! MontanaMama Aug 2022 #3

TY Montana Mama! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #7

Ten bucks for that Bob Feller memorabilia! rurallib Aug 2022 #4

Lol! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #8

We met Bob Feller at a signing Marthe48 Aug 2022 #19

Thank you for the interesting Feller story Marthe48 Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #28

Interesting. llmart Aug 2022 #38

WOW!!!! Karadeniz Aug 2022 #10

Thanks for sharing PatSeg Aug 2022 #11

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Oh, nice! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #13

K and R...Thanks for posting.. Stuart G Aug 2022 #14

You scored a deal on the Feller bobble head. He charged $10 for his autograph rsdsharp Aug 2022 #15

Oh, my!!!!! MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #16

Ted was in a pretty good mood that day. rsdsharp Aug 2022 #18

WOW! Great story! MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #20

Haha Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #34

The Heater from Van Meter. BHDem53 Aug 2022 #21

Bullet Bob. rsdsharp Aug 2022 #24

I've heard that about him. Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #29

Frankly, most of the time he was a very nice guy. rsdsharp Aug 2022 #37

💙💙💙 IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2022 #17

Bob Feller... ultralite001 Aug 2022 #22

That's great. We've had those signs all over my (mostly white) neighborhood Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #25

Every little bit helps. Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #30

Nice. And big SCORE on the Feller memorabilia! Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #27

Nice get! n/t Different Drummer Aug 2022 #31

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You and me both, Boomerproud. Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #33

I have deep roots in NE Ohio (Portage County) and I know Boomerproud Aug 2022 #35

Here are some copies I shot at home, so feel free to use. usonian Aug 2022 #36

Awesome! Thank you so much! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #42

Your a buckeye girl! samplegirl Aug 2022 #40

A few years ago I would see Trump flags at yard sales Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #41

Was there any fishing gear for sale Duncanpup Aug 2022 #43

sorry, no Duncanpup, no fishing gear. Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #46

Rapid Robert EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #44

How uplifting! JohnnyRingo Aug 2022 #45

I hear ya Johnny Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #49

We have that sign in our yard. I think I acquired it in 2018 yellowdogintexas Aug 2022 #47

It's so encouraging Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #48