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By Hillel Kuttler
Published: October 19, 2013
In the corridor of a St. Louis-area hotel last month, Sam Cash waited in line for autographs from members of the long-departed major league team known as the Browns. The signatures secured, he then sat at an adjacent table with his own Browns display that featured team trivia, a team time line and photographs of his favorite Browns player, Bud Thomas. Fans and several former Browns took a look.
Most of those attending the St.
Louis Browns Historical Society and Fan Club’s annual luncheon that
day were, understandably, in their 70s and 80s. Cash, a talented baseball
player and Kansas City Royals fan, is 10. Published: October 19, 2013
In the corridor of a St. Louis-area hotel last month, Sam Cash waited in line for autographs from members of the long-departed major league team known as the Browns. The signatures secured, he then sat at an adjacent table with his own Browns display that featured team trivia, a team time line and photographs of his favorite Browns player, Bud Thomas. Fans and several former Browns took a look.
Leaders
of the Browns group — founded in 1984 on the 40th anniversary of the team’s
first and only appearance in the World Series — know that Cash is an exception,
that the clock is undoubtedly ticking on a 330-member organization dedicated to
a sad-sack franchise that left town six decades ago to become the Baltimore Orioles.
Read the entire article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/sports/baseball/in-st-louis-celebrating-a-team-long-gone.html?_r=0
