By Jack Millikin, Herald staff writer

KENNEWICK -- Billy Harris wasn't sure just how much the baseball card hobby had grown until he was asked to be a part of it.

Harris, a pitcher in the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers organization from 1951-1960, sat in Billy's Bullpen Tavern -- the Kennewick bar he has owned and operated for the last 26 years -- autographing just more than 200 cards for the upcoming Topps Heritage baseball set, which will be released Feb. 25.

Harris was accompanied at the signing by his daughter, Gail Everett of Kennewick, and David Worthington, a Kennewick resident and longtime friend who signed a temporary contract with Topps to be Harris' player representative.

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Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009