…except the one thing she might actually be wanted to do.
From the Associated Press’ Donna Tommelleo.
Linda Tosetti (left), 51, and her three sisters are Ruth’s four surviving blood grandchildren. Their mother, Dorothy Ruth Pirone, who died in 1989 was Ruth’s only biological child.
Tosetti said the family has politely declined invitations from the San Francisco Giants to be on hand when Bonds finally draws even with her granddad.
“They’re a great organization and I really wanted to help them out. I said, `call me for anything else,'” Tosetti said. “I’m a pretty game gal. I’ve got a lot of my grandfather in me.”
Tosetti insists she has no malice toward Bonds, whom she’s never met.
“I can’t point a finger at Mr. Bonds. That’s for people at a higher power to do,” she said. “I’m sure he’s a nice young man.”
As ESPN Radio’s Jason Smith already pointed out this evening, it’s pretty magnanimous of Tosetti to say to the Giants “call me for anything else.” What, they’re gonna fly her in for Noah Lowry Bobblehead Day?
Likewise, if she’s sure Barry’s “a nice young man”, it stands to reason she’s not met him.
It really sucks, by the way, when a respected publication like USA Today starts imitating Yard Work. There’s a time and a place for satire, and it isn’t when I’m trying to check out of the Doubletree.
HELLO, YOU NOW KNOW MY NAME, MY GRANDFATHER AND YOUR GRANDFATHER USE TO BE CONFUSED AS EACH OTHER, I DON’T KNOW IF I EVER MET MY GRANDFATHER SINCE HE DIED WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD, MY GRANDMOTHER THAT WAS MARRIED TO GRANDPA KOONTZ THOUGHT THE PHOTO OF THE “BABE” WAS GRANDPA KOONTZ AND DIDN’T KNOW WHY HE HAD A BASEBALL UNIFORM ON IN THE PICTURE IN THE STORE WINDOW….FROM A COUPLE PHOTOS I HAVE SEEN OF GRANDPA KOONTZ IT MUST OF BEEN LATER IN HIS LIFE WHEN HE LOST WEIGHT FROM BEING SICK….I HAVE FOUND THAT WE ARE RELATED THRU HIS GRANDMOTHER’S SIDE OF THE FAMILY……I LIVE IN REDONDO BEACH AND HE PLAYED BALL FOR THE RED SOX IN 1914 AND THEY HAD SPRING TRAINING HERE THEN WHICH I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT……………IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED TO SEE IF HE WAS RIPPED OFF FROM ANY FAMILY TRUST…………DO YOU HAVE “ANY” FACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS NOT “ADOPTED” BY THE SALOON COUPLE AND THEY RETURNED HIM TO “ST. MARY’S”???? LOOKING AT YOU A PERSON CAN SEE THE FACIAL LIKENESS OF THE “BABE”, DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF HIS ALLEGED PARENTS THE SALOON OWNERS??????? IF YOU DO PLEASE SEND TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS…….I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THE “BABE” SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND DID A BOOK REPORT ON HIM IN ELEM. SCHOOL………I HAVE READ ADULT VERSIONS OF HIS LIFE AND HE LIKE SEX VERY MUCH BUT IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT CLAIMED THEIR BABIES WERE HIS MIGHT OF BEEN MY GRANDFATHER’S CHILD….??? THEN MY DAUGHTER’S MOTHER WAS THE “CASTING DIRECTOR” FOR THE MOVIE OF BABE RUTH WITH “GOODMAN”…….I WAS OFFENDED BY THE VERSION THEY CREATED AND LEFT THE MOVIE WHETHER I KNEW THE CASTING DIRECTOR……..I AM ON THE INTERNET WHEN I WAS COMPETING, GOTO YAHOO AND PUT IN “ROD KOONTZ”, SEVRAL WEB SITES BY OTHERS OF ME…..