May 7, 1990
I was a camper at JKST (Julian Krinsky school of tennis) based at Haverford college. I was playing golf in the mornings, squash or tennis in the afternoons. As part of the golf program, we volunteered at the Tylenol Kids Classic, a golf tournament held in the Philly Area. In the morning time, i held the sign behind Bill Glasson, showing his score. In the afternoon, we worked the ropes for a celebrity skins game between Michael Jordan, Frank Gifford, Joe Morgan and Mike Schmidt. Great field, but making it even better was the emergence of Charles Barkley caddying for MJ. Dressed to the nines with pom pom on head, socks raised, looking like Payne Stewart with no NFL affiliation, Barkley was reduced to a side show.
I have been a lifelong sixers fan and modeled my game after Sir Charles himself. So obviously i took a few pictures. Barkley sees this and turns to me, "kid, if you take another FBOMB'in picture of me, i'm gonna shove that FBOMB'in camera down your FBOMB'in throat". I WAS TRAUMATIZED. I can understand the frustration of not being able to participate (Barkley supposedly didn't have the game to play) , but if he was gonna be so touchy, he shouldn't have taken the gig. Guarantee you he'd remember this incident.
The real shame of this story is that i have no idea whatsoever what became of this roll of film. Barkley was traded the following year for Hornacek in a really bad deal, and i was probably the only Sixers fan happy about it.
Next Blog is going to be about a good celebrity encounter from my past.
Have a great weekend.
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That's sad Todd. I never knew that story. I remember how much you loved him.
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