rico Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 4 hours ago, rico said: My 1st Sox game was that year... https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA197709170.shtml I want to elaborate on that game a little more from a personal stand point. That was the 1st game I ever attended with my Dad. He had volunteered to be one of the chaperones on our Little League trip. Good times. It also marked the 1st time I ever ate at a Burger King. I talked about that Whopper I ate for 6 months, or so my parents say. LOL. Once again, good times. This thread has made me realize that I really need to go see a ball game with my old man again while there is still time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 The first game I took my son to. God, he was such a Junior Griffey fan. Didn't work out for the home team. It was Danny Graves bobblehead night and Jose Rijo's return. The place was electric. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200108170.shtml 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 hours ago, rico said: I want to elaborate on that game a little more from a personal stand point. That was the 1st game I ever attended with my Dad. He had volunteered to be one of the chaperones on our Little League trip. Good times. It also marked the 1st time I ever ate at a Burger King. I talked about that Whopper I ate for 6 months, or so my parents say. LOL. Once again, good times. This thread has made me realize that I really need to go see a ball game with my old man again while there is still time. If he's up for it then you do it. Great story, btw. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 6:25 AM, Billingsley99 said: Those are on the top 3 for Aydens favorite unis, along with Hey @Billingsley99, show our guy Ayden the original powder blues of the Seattle Pilots... They had a pretty snappy hat too, with the "scrambled eggs" on the bill... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Hey @Billingsley99, show our guy Ayden the original powder blues of the Seattle Pilots... They had a pretty snappy hat too, with the "scrambled eggs" on the bill... He would love that. I will show him. Wonder if Junior wore those as a throw back We been at ER with him all day. Stomach bug had his seriously dehydrated had to get some fluids in him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said: He would love that. I will show him. Wonder if Junior wore those as a throw back We been at ER with him all day. Stomach bug had his seriously dehydrated had to get some fluids in him Sorry to hear that...hope he's ok...he's always in my thoughts...he's a brave kid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 42 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Sorry to hear that...hope he's ok...he's always in my thoughts...he's a brave kid Thank you very much and I hate to say it but it's just another Thursday to him. I am glad it does not bother him but I hate that he is so used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 56 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Sorry to hear that...hope he's ok...he's always in my thoughts...he's a brave kid Prayers 🙏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Tony Perez versus Bill Lee's eephus pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Tony Perez versus Bill Lee's eephus pitch. Dad spilled a beer on his recliner on that dinger. Mom was pissed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 Roger hits #61... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 JJ Furmaniak stats Posting this because I use to work with this kid's Mom. She was a computer operator at Chicago Center. Nice lady. She was so proud of him making the bigs, even if it was for the proverbial "cup of coffee." She got to go see him play at Wrigley when he was with the Bucs, and it was definitely one of the thrills of her life. We all dreamed it...he lived it...good for you, JJ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted September 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Don't see this anymore in major league dugouts. Remember, and loved these unis as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Don't see this anymore in major league dugouts. Remember, and loved these unis as well The Pirates were my first little league team so I tried to watch a lot of them. I was shocked when they would show those guys smoking on TV. It was like the first time I opened the door to the teachers lounge. It made me look at them differently for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: The Pirates were my first little league team so I tried to watch a lot of them. I was shocked when they would show those guys smoking on TV. It was like the first time I opened the door to the teachers lounge. It made me look at them differently for sure. Danny Dreissen bummed a Marlboro off of me in the lobby of the Chase Park hotel in St Louis circa 1977... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 36 years ago tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted September 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 In December of 1943, Lieutenant John "Jocko" Thompson of Beverly, Massachusetts, was on the heights of Italy's Mount Sammucro with a battalion of the U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Battling Germans on the long road to capture Rome, the 504th had parachuted into Italy back in September, and now found itself clinging to a rocky mountain peak in the Apennine Range, trading rifle fire and mortar rounds with the enemy on a neighboring peak. During a heavy artillery bombardment on December 13th, thirteen of Thompson's comrades were knocked out of action, and then a bullet found him.... The round smashed into his chest, knocking him backwards and stunning him. But when he was checked for wounds, none were found. The bullet - most likely spent - had struck the Army spoon he had in the pocket of his jump jacket. This wasn't a strange place for it - to conserve weight, many paratroopers left their mess kits behind when they made a combat jump, taking with them only their spoon, which was the most pragmatic utensil in the kit. Lieutenant Thompson went on to lead troops in Operation Market Garden in 1944, parachuting into Holland, survived the Battle of the Bulge in December of that year, and later served in the occupation force in Germany. During the war he was wounded twice (and carried shrapnel in his body for the rest of his life), and received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star for heroism in combat. When he received his discharge after the war's end, he returned to his pre-war profession: playing professional baseball in the Red Sox farm system before being called up to the Majors in 1948 to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) Game 2 1959 World Series, Al Smith gets a beer... Edited September 16, 2021 by IUFLA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 33 years ago today. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews.... 3 HOFers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Enjoyed seeing this for the first time in several years. Worth the 4 minutes to watch the whole thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 hours ago, 5fouls said: Like some Rick Monday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920 – January 11, 2000), pitched from 1942-1942 & 1946-1958 with Cleveland. He missed three seasons due to WWII. Lemon was a 207 game winner, seven time all star, and led the AL in wins three times. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920 – January 11, 2000), pitched from 1942-1942 & 1946-1958 with Cleveland. He missed three seasons due to WWII. Lemon was a 207 game winner, seven time all star, and led the AL in wins three times. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976. Also managed the Yankees to a World Series title in 1978... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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