Today I received a really cool story ball from Al Clark. I happened to be reading about Al Clark and saw he umpired the game Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played and thought I would try sending him a baseball. He replied in a total of five days (priority mail shipping each way)! He wrote about what it was like in Baltimore that week and that it was the only time in twenty three years as an umpire that he applauded a player’s accomplishment. It is really neat! Thanks Al!