Carl was much younger than my father, but my Dad used to play against members of the family in the local legion ball circuit on Long Island. There was a pretty tight Polish community in the Hamptons and Sag Harbor back then 1910’s-1960’s. My Dad was the alpha-athlete at Pierson High in Sag Harbor while Carl Sr was the big dog in Bridgehampton a few years before. Of course, both Carl Sr and my pop were dwarfed athletically by my Uncle Pete’s brother, Ed Danowski. Ed was an All-American QB at Fordham and went on to lead the Giants to two NFL Championships back in the 1930’s.

I remember being amazed that ALL of my relatives in Sag Harbor were and still are die-hard Red Sox fans.