Saturday is parade day. The Auburn Cord Dusenberg Club mixes in a band or two and some dignitaries, but the stars are the cars. People gather to watch, appreciate, critique and occasionally criticize.

Of course, not everyone is interested in the passing classics, Isabel and Caroline Braun, 8 and 10, are more interested in spoiling Baxter the golden retriever while the mature folks consider less fuzzy treasures.

But, even the die hards occasionally have a soft spot for some canine companionship.

Cleveland Indian great Bob Feller is making himself available, Saturday at the WWII Victory Museum, across I-69 from the auction park. "The Heater from Van Meter," is the second oldest living player in the baseball hall of fame, after Bobby Doerr, (God bless Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Feller)

I'm not much of a baseball fan, but my friend Jim Knipe is. He's also from Cleveland, and a born and bred Indians fan. I was at his house in downtown Auburn watching the ACD Parade when I got a call from Kruse, asking if I wanted an interview with the pitching star. Earlier in the day, Jim was showing around an autographed photo of Feller.

Needless to say, we both headed over. Jim saw Feller pitch during the 1954 World Series, peering through the standing room only crowd.
"We threw that one away," Feller said. True enough, the Indians were swept by the New York Giants.
Feller joined the US Navy two days after Pearl Harbor. Keep in mind that the 23-year old was chasing pitching records held by Babe Ruth. Not a great career move, but Feller said it didn't take much to decide.
"In an all-out world war, sports is very insignificant," he said. He was in for 4 years, ("and two days.")
Look for Feller to throw out the first pitch at the first American League playoff game, ("and at the first game of the World Series," he predicts.)