My little brother, Dr. Bradley Beckman, is a remarkable man. Besides being an incredible doctor, a mensch, a nice guy, and blessed to be married to an incredible woman, Francine, he truly lives life to the fullest. Maybe that is how he has got so many pictures with some of the greatest sports figures [athletes and announcers and coaches, etc.] that have ever lived. I’m talking about Hall of Famers, stars, and even one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time.
Here is my brother Brad’s pics with some of the legends of sports:
Brad With Former Astros third baseman and now Astros tv color analyst, Geoff Blum:
Brad With on the field Astros TV reporter [one of the best in the business], Julia Morales:
Brad with Hall of Fame great from the San Francisco Giants, Willie McCovey:
BRAD With Notre Dame ‘Fighting Irish’ Basketball Coach, Mike Brey:
Brad with former Houston Astros General Manager, Tal Smith:
Brad with National Champion Longhorns Football Coach, Mack Brown:
Brad with Texas Longhorn and ONE of the all time great pitchers with the Boston Red Sox [and others], Roger ‘the rocket’ Clemons:
Brad with great relief pitcher and closer, Goose Gossage:
Brad with the best leadoff hitter & base stealer in the history of MLB, HOF- Ricky Henderson and with OF Ruben “El Caballo” Sierra:
Brad with the KC Royals great third baseman and Hall of Famer, George Brett:
Brad with one of the Astros greatest players, 2nd baseman/catcher and Hall of Famer, Craig Biggio:
Brad with the all time MLB hit leader and great third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose:
Brad with one of the greatest outfielders [mostly with the Cincinnati Reds] and mangers, Hall of Famer, Frank Robinson:
Brad with Hall of Fame great for the Astros and the Reds [big Red Machine], ‘Little’ Joe Morgan:
Brad with Reid Ryan, former President of the Houston Astros:
Brad with former Longhorn basketball player and NBA player with the Orlando Magic, Mo Bamba:
Brad with Texas Longhorns great Championship QB and former Tennessee Titans QB, Vince Young:
Brad with legendary ESPN broadcaster, Chris Berman:
Brad with Hall of Fame great pitcher for the Cardinals and Phillies, ‘Lefty’, Steve Carlton:
Brad with legendary Texas Longhorns football coach, Darryl Royal:
Brad with the great pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, Hall of Famer, Bob Feller:
Brad with the “greatest of all time”, Heavyweight 3 time World Champion, Muhammad Ali:
With all of these meetings with some of the great legends of sports, I think my brother would be proudest of the one he had with an Astros’ ball boy. During the last year of the Astrodome’s existence, the Houston Astros chose [from family’s letter’s] a senior citizen to be one of the “ball boy’s” for the Astros. Our Dad, Pop, was chosen as an Astro’s ball boy after a great letter written by Brad to the Astros why he should be chosen. This was one of the most exciting moments for our Pop and one of the happiest for us seeing him dressed up in an Astros uniform and on the field in the Astrodome as one of the ball boys.
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