You don’t get involved in something that takes up four years of your life without some funny, wacky things happening. This is one of those stories, and I swear, it’s 100% true!  When I first started my”Why The Hall Not” campaign for Whitey in 1991, he sent me a note.  It basically said he appreciated my effort on his behalf, and obviously he couldn’t get personally involved. He closed the note by saying he hoped I wasn’t wasting my time, but he did think I was ” beating a dead horse”. In other words, it was a lost cause.  Rich Westcott, the publisher of Phillies Report, was kind enough to offer me a free ad, in his publication. Seeing I had no money for advertising (my campaign was as low budget as you could get), I jumped at the chance. I had a friend who had a horse farm in Delaware County, raising miniature ponies, about the size of a Great Dane. I had this brilliant idea, that I would slap a “Why The Hall Not” bumper sticker on the side of this little pony, and use the photo with a headline reading “This Horse Ain’t Dead Yet”, then give the reasons why Whitey belonged in the Hall. The day the ad printed I was going to go down to the Vet to see Whitey and Harry in the broadcast booth.  Before I left home, my friend called in a panic. He asked if the ad was printed? I proudly said yes.  He said I’ve got bad news. The horse ( ironically enough named Lucky), had gotten out of the barn in the middle of the night, fell into the swimming pool and drowned. I asked my friend if he could get me a few of Lucky’s little horse shoes.  I picked up the shoes, and headed to the stadium. When I got up to the booth, about an hour before game time, Harry & Whitey were there.  I showed them the ad, and they both rolled laughing, Whitey knew I used his line.  Then I told them about Lucky, and we were in fact “beating a dead horse”. I threw Lucky’s little shoes up on the counter, and I thought Harry was going to pee himself.  “Hard to Believe Harry”, but absolutely true……………..jim d.