PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Friday night was the big one for David Coonahan. Not because it was his 96th birthday, but because he made it back to see his Philadelphia Phillies play for the first time in person in years.
“Good seats,” Coonahan said.
Coonahan was born August 28, 1919, about a month before Shoeless Joe Jackson made history during the 1919 World Series. Coonahan started his obsession with baseball 80 years ago.
“I would say around 1935,” he said.
Coonahan went on to serve in World War II, but he never lost his love for baseball.