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1940-2005  Today's vagabonds can't grasp Hendricks' connection
John Eisenberg  As I drove in to work yesterday, I listened to
radio talk shows still mourning Elrod Hendricks' death. That was
all the callers wanted to discuss.  When I got to the office and
turned on my computer, I found my inbox jammed with responses to
the testimonial column I had written after hearing the news. A
quick spin around the Internet turned up hundreds of emotional
postings about Elrod on an assortment of Web sites, including
this newspaper's.  It occurred to me that someone uneducated in
the ways of Baltimore or the Orioles might not understand. Why
such an outpouring for a bullpen coach?  The answer, of course,
is you had to be here. You had to see him build a figurative
mansion of goodwill brick by brick over the years, with each
brick representing a hand he shook, an autograph he signed, a
laugh he shared.  Sports fans want to feel connected to the
teams they sup