Chuck Goggin was sitting at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida, when he received a letter that changed his life.
Goggin had been drafted into the military, less than a month after returning home from the 1965 baseball season.
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“I was upset because to be gone at least two years, at that time in my life, I was 20 years old,” Goggin told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I said, ‘I hope that only this hurts my baseball career, it doesn’t end it.’”
The Braves honored Goggin as their “Hometown Hero” during their series against the Rockies last weekend.