I'd have to ask my brother for the specifics again but, I think it was Nolan's son that attended the same church as my brother in Round Rock.
Nolan would show up 3 or 4 times a year
my brother spoke to him a couple times
didn't ask for an autograph
I'm not much for autographs, but I'd get excited about a thousand dollars
well theres a little story behind it
In another life I was once the controller of a commercial printing company
One day one of our salesman brought in a job for Nolan Ryan which was a large poster showing various exercises they went through in spring training
Because we had been burned before doing printing for famous people with no approval ahead of time
for price I told him to get written approval from him for the job
anyway the next day I walk into my office and on my desk is a baseball with these words on it
"Kirby I'm good for 2,000 posters - Nolan Ryan"
My jaw dropped
anyway the salesman gave me a phone number to call if there were any problems
I called the number and expected maybe an agent to answer
The next thing I know Im talking to Nolan Ryan who assured me all was good
We did the posters and were promptly paid
