Steve Morrow has been collecting baseball memorabilia since he was 8 or 9 years old, he says. "And I'm 58." That means he has a half century of memories he's willing to share with anyone who wants to stop by the Bella Vista Historical Museum on Sunday.
Morrow, who is manager of Allen's Food Market in Bella Vista, says he hopes what happens at 2 p.m. Sunday isn't a lecture but a round-table discussion of the best of baseball.
FAQ
Baseball Talk
With Steve Morrow
WHEN — 2 p.m. Sunday
WHERE — Bella Vista Historical Museum
COST — Free
INFO — 855-2335
"Since it's a historical museum, we're probably not going to talk much about current baseball," he says. Instead, he hopes those who attend will bring their own treasures -- "nothing would delight me more" -- and try to stump him with knowledge they have that he may not.
Morrow says he grew up listening to Detroit Tigers games with the transistor radio tucked under his pillow. But he "got to hang out with a lot of Hall of Famers because I dealt in sports collectibles," he explains. Among the memorabilia he'll bring Sunday are a 1939 autographed Cardinals baseball, a 1944 St. Louis Browns baseball, some of his collection of baseball autobiographies and almost certainly something reflecting his favorite player, longtime Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett.
"I might be the world's biggest baseball fan," he says.
-- Becca Martin-Brown
NAN What's Up on 08/05/2016