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I met Mcphail on a plane from BWI to Fort Myers in July '14. Got on the plane and he was in the row right behind me. Thought of what to say for half the flight and decided to leave him alone as he was with his wife I believe. When we landed, turned out his carry on was a row in front and I was pulling my bag out of the overhead. He asked if I might pass him the bag and thanked me. Got my courage up and said something like, "no thank you for getting my baseball team back on the winning track." He smiled and nodded with no response out loud. Always wondered what he was thinking.

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I met Mcphail on a plane from BWI to Fort Myers in July '14. Got on the plane and he was in the row right behind me. Thought of what to say for half the flight and decided to leave him alone as he was with his wife I believe. When we landed, turned out his carry on was a row in front and I was pulling my bag out of the overhead. He asked if I might pass him the bag and thanked me. Got my courage up and said something like, "no thank you for getting my baseball team back on the winning track." He smiled and nodded with no response out loud. Always wondered what he was thinking.

Fun story. I've always thought it would be great if most of these stories were misidentifications. I'm sure you met MacPhail, but the other person would have a great story if you misidentified him. "You won't believe what some random guy said to me on the plane!".

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Fun story. I've always thought it would be great if most of these stories were misidentifications. I'm sure you met MacPhail, but the other person would have a great story if you misidentified him. "You won't believe what some random guy said to me on the plane!".

I get that all the time. "You were great in Fight Club and Benjamin Button." "I hardly recognized you in The Big Short."

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