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To: Vaquero

“There was a team with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back in the 20s/30s who almost never lost.”

True. But I missed that dynasty, slightly before my time. You know, history begins the day we’re born ;)


16 posted on 09/07/2017 10:17:16 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA
True. But I missed that dynasty, slightly before my time. You know, history begins the day we’re born ;)

Slightly before my time too. My Dad also grew up in the Bronx. As I was a huge fan of Mickey Mantle et al, he was a huge fan of Babe Ruth et al. I wuz schooled. Dad hated that Roger Maris got 61 HRs in 1961. He was a big proponent of the asterisk *. Me and my uncle, his younger brother, would argue with him for hours. He wouldn't give in. Being a WW2 marine and NYPD cop.....he didn't know, ‘giving in’.

18 posted on 09/08/2017 4:11:42 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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