Joey Votto
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I've said this before.
When he died, I thought part of my dad died again because my dad told me about Jerry West.
And to get to see him in person back in 1971.
And I got his autograph.
Beautiful penmanship.
Beautiful.
And through the years, you know, we'd have him on.
And then we'd go to L.A.
Paulie got him to bring out an anniversary cake.
And Fritzie helped, you know, out getting a hold of him.
Paulie's idea.
So, you know, he always has a special place in my heart because he played hard.
He played hurt.
He's the logo.
And he was very generous with his time.
But I asked him, I said, you're the logo.
He said, oh, Dan, I don't want to talk about that.
You know, I said, but that's you.
You're driving on the left side of the court, and you're against the Portland Trailblazers.
I said, do you remember that?