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To: 4yearlurker

Jim Bunning’s perfect game.


45 posted on 06/17/2015 1:14:11 PM PDT by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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At that time in my life I was hoping to get my olive loaf sandwich and green Kool-aid.
46 posted on 06/17/2015 1:17:20 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: bankwalker
Jim Bunning’s perfect game.

That was on Father's Day; I remember Dad and PopPop (mother's stepfather, both granddads had died when my parents were young) in the backyard grilling, probably burgers, and the B&W pseudo-portable was on a porch table on Ch. 6, which at that time was WFIL, broadcasting the Bunning perfect game. I had just turned 10, and vaguely understood that something big was happening.

That was also the infamous 1964 season when the Phils dropped ten games in a row the last two weeks, and let the Cards win the pennant on the last day of the season. It took ten years, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, and Greg Lusinski to bring the Phillies back into contention.

54 posted on 06/17/2015 2:15:55 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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