Thanks Guys. The funny thing about the shirts is that Mike was way too classy to wear a pool leauge t shirt. Once I asked him if he would wear a golf type or bowling type shirt and he looked at me with the most serious face and said that shirts are out. 'Just not doing the shirt thing' . But when I went to see him in the hospital yesterday (well the second time I forgot the shirt and had to go all the way back home) and took the shirt in he smiled. He could barely talk and I immediately knew it wasn't good. Im so happy I went and took the shirt. When his wife called to tell me He passed, She said the shirt made his day. His last 24 hours.......... He was a Classy guy and Old School so I didn't blame him. Hell at that point I felt too good for too be wearing the same shirt as the rest of the clowns on our team. Lol. But something really moved me to order the shirts. I don't care if anyone ever wears one. I only wanted him to see that we cared about him. Him and his wife never had children. And every single time I think of such a great man not having children by his side at the end, it breaks my heart. But he was very tough and a real Man about things. When he told me he only had 3-6 months to live, I think I took it worse than him. I had my 'Will Gamble' T-shirt on and he pulled out a dollar and said 'Ok Mr. Will Gamble, I bet a dollar you can't break and run 5 balls and I cried right there for the first timr in a long time. I did not realize how much those Sundays had meant to me but I rarely missed one. He was already losing weight and size in general and could barely breath. I knew it would be one ofb our last days together. He was so strong and matter of fact about how he wanted things. I hope I am the Man he was when its my time. We all should. Sorry for the rant. Blame it on the Vodka.
Chris
