Back in June 1975 I purchased a copy of Maury Allen's book "BO", about Bo Belinsky. I'd read the book and was fascinated by the exploits of this charasmatic baseball iconoclast.
In one passage where his mother is interviewed, his hometown adress of 244 Hewitt Street in Trenton, N.J. is mentioned.
I called up information & got the phone number, so I called up and Mrs. Belinsky answered. I told her I'd just read the book about her son and she responded warmly. I was only 16 at the time (she said I was just a "babe") but she was all to happy to talk about her son.
She said Bo was a good boy with a mischievous side & that the Braven Dyer incident was blown out of proportion.
Bo had been harassed by the media probably because his stories trascended the game of baseball. I am sorry to hear of his passing.
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Copyright © 2002 by John Wimmer. Posted January 10, 2002.
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