Thanks all for the kind words
That article is actually almost 5 years old (May 2004)
As far as my interest in Ed Hearn, in 1998 I emailed Ed regarding some bats of his I had and asked if I can send them thru the mail to him for him to sign them. Several months later he emailed me back saying that he was going to be in NYC and was willing to meet me to sign the bats and anything else I had. We arranged to meet at my job (Bear Stearns at the time) and I lugged 4 bats, cards, photos,etc from my apartment in Manhattan thru the subway to work that day. Ed came and signed everything and talked to me and my coworkers for about an hour. Ever since then we've kept in touch.
Ed's story is unique and a real inspirational story. He spent one year on the 86 Mets World Championship team and got traded for David Cone in spring training of 87. He appeared in a couple of games in 87 and got injured and subsequently lost a once promising baseball career. Several years later he was diagnoised with kidney disease and has had 3 kidney transplants and a bout with cancer. He has spent the last 15 years traveling the Country as a motivational speaker telling his story and inspiring others.
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