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Message: [QUOTE="Steve UConn72, post: 5314838, member: 6157"] He is likely the last connection to my undergrad days at UConn (1968-72). One day in the late '90's my family and I were returning to Maine from a week at the beach in Delaware. We (I, really) decided to swing through Storrs on the way home and show the kids some pictures in the hallway at the old field house of athletic teams going back to the 1940's, a few of which had pictures of their grandfather (my dad) on the football, baseball and rifle (!) teams in the early '40's before he left for West Point. I had been peripherally involved with the baseball team in 1971 and '72. Andy came out of his office, looked up the hallway and saw me and yelled "Stevie! Great to see you!" (No one but my mother ever called me "Stevie") I hadn't seen him in years but he greeted my like a long lost relative. He even took us to JO Christian field to show off the new enclosed pitching/batting cage they had installed next to the field. He even had a couple of his players who were working out there throw a few pitches to my older kids (and me, if memory serves). "Treasure," "legend" and "gem" only begin to tell the story of this guy. God bless you, Coach! [/QUOTE]