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To: Artemis Webb

My grandmother moved to Chicago when Franz-Joseph was still Emperor of her home town. For some inexplicable reason, starting in the 20's, she always got season tickets to Wrigley Field.

In the 50's and 60's we'd take the Belmont Avenue bus, then on stop south on what was then the Englewood Line. She'd sit there, with a single cup of beer, and a cigar in a green jade holder, and study the game, focused like a Buddist monk. Only weekday games. (She thought cheering wasn't 'proper'.) Hey, she was a nutty Austrian lady.

It's been over a century. Please, just this once?

21 posted on 09/26/2015 7:31:52 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)

That is a GREAT story and for your Grandmother’s sake I guess Just This Once would be pretty okay!

22 posted on 09/26/2015 7:36:49 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)

35 posted on 09/27/2015 4:31:40 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)

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