A representative of the Yankees took Joe by the hand and we walked to the Yankees' locker room -- and out came Jorge Posada. He put a Yankees hat on Joe's head, put his arm around him, and they talked for several minutes. He then got a baseball and signed it for Joe. Mike McCormick
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![We were lucky that the pediatrician caught it and ordered the MRI, ... It's a radical procedure. There's an ear-to-ear incision. But you have to do this or the brain isn't allowed to develop. [After the surgery], there were plates and screws in his head, and he had to be on his back for two months. But it sure as hell beat the alternative. - Mike McCormick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2Ugd2VyZSBsdWNreSB0aGF0IHRoZSBwZWRpYXRyaWNpYW4gY2F1Z2h0IGl0IGFuZCBvcmRlcmVkIHRoZSBNUkksIC4uLiBJdCdzIGEgcmFkaWNhbCBwcm9jZWR1cmUuIFRoZXJlJ3MgYW4gZWFyLXRvLWVhciBpbmNpc2lvbi4gQnV0IHlvdSBoYXZlIHRvIGRvIHRoaXMgb3IgdGhlIGJyYWluIGlzbid0IGFsbG93ZWQgdG8gZGV2ZWxvcC4gW0FmdGVyIHRoZSBzdXJnZXJ5XSwgdGhlcmUgd2VyZSBwbGF0ZXMgYW5kIHNjcmV3cyBpbiBoaXMgaGVhZCwgYW5kIGhlIGhhZCB0byBiZSBvbiBoaXMgYmFjayBmb3IgdHdvIG1vbnRocy4gQnV0IGl0IHN1cmUgYXMgaGVsbCBiZWF0IHRoZSBhbHRlcm5hdGl2ZS4g&author=ICBNaWtlIE1jQ29ybWljayAgICA=&num=2 "We were lucky that the pediatrician caught it and ordered the MRI, ... It's a radical procedure. There's an ear-to-ear incision. But you have to do this or the brain isn't allowed to develop. [After the surgery], there were plates and screws in his head, and he had to be on his back for two months. But it sure as hell beat the alternative. - Mike McCormick Quotes")
![Little did I know that [Joe's godparents] had contacted [Posada's] foundation and had arranged a meeting between Joe and Jorge, - Mike McCormick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=TGl0dGxlIGRpZCBJIGtub3cgdGhhdCBbSm9lJ3MgZ29kcGFyZW50c10gaGFkIGNvbnRhY3RlZCBbUG9zYWRhJ3NdIGZvdW5kYXRpb24gYW5kIGhhZCBhcnJhbmdlZCBhIG1lZXRpbmcgYmV0d2VlbiBKb2UgYW5kIEpvcmdlLCA=&author=ICBNaWtlIE1jQ29ybWljayAgICA=&num=9 "Little did I know that [Joe's godparents] had contacted [Posada's] foundation and had arranged a meeting between Joe and Jorge, - Mike McCormick Quotes")
![If he's having second thoughts, maybe your column and a look at Posada's Web site will persuade him to turn it over. At the very least, we can bring awareness to CS and [recognize] a true champion. If this fan resurfaces, I will deliver the ball to Jorge in New York. I can promise him a bat and maybe a ball if he promises to be a good Sox fan from now on. Obviously, I'll need ironclad provenance that it's the ball. - Mike McCormick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBNaWtlIE1jQ29ybWljayAgICA=&num=13 "If he's having second thoughts, maybe your column and a look at Posada's Web site will persuade him to turn it over. At the very least, we can bring awareness to CS and [recognize] a true champion. If this fan resurfaces, I will deliver the ball to Jorge in New York. I can promise him a bat and maybe a ball if he promises to be a good Sox fan from now on. Obviously, I'll need ironclad provenance that it's the ball. - Mike McCormick Quotes")