The last time Jim and I saw Bud...we were in Seattle mid 1990's before a concert with Jim's band and we met Bud and Kathy at a Chop Shop for dinner...he was so careful about his health and I'm sure it bought him an extra 20 some years on this planet.
He imparted great wisdom about business to us, Jim of course was fascinated by how much Bud knew...I chalked it up to the fact that all you Orr's are smarty pants...it was a wonderful warm enjoyable meeting on a a very cold and rainy Seattle night.
He had a great smile too. Instant disarming smile.
Doubtless, there are better places to spend summer days, summer nights, than in ball parks. Doubtless. (Thomas Boswell)
Though I never met Bud, I felt that I knew him through the references and stories that were told every time I visited Youngstown and the Orr's. Cut from the same cloth as his father, who was one of the kindest and dearest men I've had the pleasure to know, I know also, that he will be remembered in the same way.
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