Certainly a sad day for all Senators fans. ☹️🥺😢
Great great humbled man. Frank was always willing to stop, chat, and give autographs to children of all ages. I was actually able to sit down with “Hondo” at a golf outing about 20-25 years ago and he seemed as excited to hear I was a huge Senators fan, as I was excited to sit down next to my childhood idol. Wow!!!
During our 10 minute or so conversation he eventually asked me, “if I was a Baltimore Orioles fan now”? I replied, “heck no! I’m a Washington Senators fan for life”. He replied, “Mike, you got anything you want. Go get some more baseballs for me to sign”. Lol needless to say, all of my nieces, nephews, my brother, cousins, and three sisters received autographed “Frank Hondo Howard” baseballs as gifts for Christmas that year. 😁
My father didn’t watch the Senators from the first inning to the last inning as my brother and I did however, he would always say, “come get me when Hondo is on deck”. Even when the Senators were losing games by double digits we would never leave the ballpark if there was any chance Hondo would get another at bat.
“The Gentle Giant” was probably the most fitting nickname he had. He will never be forgotten.
#33 ❤️ RIP 🙏🏻