Posted on 06/17/2015 11:28:41 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Sitting by the campfire. Dinner done, everything put away for the night. Once the sun goes down a.m. stations can be heard from around the country. The commentators are so much better than the ones on t.v. I even like the local ads, gives you a flavor for the locales.
I was camping with a friend in the 1000 Islands some years ago. We were listening to the Cardinal vs Giants in San Fran. That game went 14 innings. We were up until 4 am drinking beer. Didn’t get much fishing in next morning. LOL
They said that they only pitch one inning and anymore could hurt the players arm.
SO why wasn’t this done in the All-Star Game that ended early?
Here’s a news flash for the team:
CELL PHONES
I remember when the Rangers had Jose Canseco pitch, and it effectively wound up ending his career.
It was...
Soap poisoning.
Unfortunately a number of teams have moved their games to FM.
Ahh...memories.
It's Summer, 1968. Cincinnati. I'm about 10 years old. It's 9:30 at night. Grandpa and Grandma are in their cushioned rockers at either side of the front porch, rocking back and forth in a barely perceptible motion. It's a muggy night but it has cooled a lot since the 95 degree heat of the day. I'm sitting on the steps in the middle of the front porch. The Katydids are making a hell of a noise and the fireflies in the field across the street are like fireworks.
Grandpa is drinking his Hudepohl beer from a two handled enameled quart size pot. Grandma is sipping hers from a glass. She hates the taste but she says, "It helps me sleep." I've got my Vernor's ginger ale. Ice cold in a clear glass bottle with the yellow and green painted-on label.
The Reds are on the radio sitting next to Grandpa's chair and they're whipping the Cards at Crosley Field downtown.
Life could not be sweeter.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Fast forward 7 years and I had almost the exact scene, but was listening to the Big Red Machine beat another team on their way to the World Series.
I missed that! At the bottom of the 8th it looked like Elmore was walking back to the mound, and that's when I turned off the game; watching Elmore pitch was essentially seeing batting practice for the Nats. I'm a diehard Rays fan, but some things are just too painful to watch :-)
I have some of the same memories, just change a few things....
Thanks for posting yours, brought back mine!
My other AM radio sports memory as a kid was Fort Wayne Komet Hockey on WOWO. They were a AA minor league team on one of the country’s most powerful radio stations. Could get their games all over the East Coast until Air America bought WOWO and neutered its signal. Bob Chase is 89 and still calls their games.
CELL PHONES
Or maybe a couple of new outfielder signs added to the vocabulary.
Oh, good grief! Listening to Susan Waldman on a Bose radio? I’d shoot myself.
I hear the Phillies were hacked this week, too. The culprits were accused to trying to replace them with a baseball team.
I do remember seeing Paul Popovitch - utility right fielder - pitching in the second game of a Cubs double Header.
I think that forcing a non-catcher into that squat would qualify as a US Constitutionally prohibited "cruel & unusual."
and where were you on Father's Day in 1964?
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