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Old 11-16-2011, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckinca View Post
Say it Ain't So, JOE!


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This is Joe. It ain't so.

I know you are referring to Shoeless Joe Jackson of the 1919 Black Sox Scandel.

Seriously, I can't think of anyone who I really look up to in the sports world as most have proven to be flawed human beings like the rest of us mortals. Nobody or nothing is perfect in life.

Some kids have looked-up to people in the sports world as heros or role models. I remember the line in the movie "Ordinary People where the father says to the son, "don't look up to people as they have a way of disappointing you".

My hero is my uncle Joe who is 98 and a WW2 veteran who lived an exemplary life with his wife and sweetheart for 74 years. A quiet humble family man. There no chance he will disappoint me.
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I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).