SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - One day – 24 hours – Gary Cooper is from Garden City and says he is just one day short of being eligible for a pension after playing for the Atlanta Braves back in 1980.
Now he is calling on his former team to sign him again so he can qualify for a pension he’s been trying to get for for more than 40 years.
“Just that day would be awesome. It would be just like being drafted again,” said Gary Cooper.
For Garden City native, Gary Cooper baseball was everything.
“That’s all we did, played baseball even much in the rain, this is Monday through Sunday.