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To: Verginius Rufus
My brothers and I would ride the bus from the East Bay to Candlestick and back , (aprox 30 miles one way). That was an adventure in itself, as Candlestick was in Outer Bumphuk , also surrounded by ghettos, lol.

It took several transfers . We’d get to Oakland and transfer to get across the bridge to the bus terminal in SF, then it took I believe another transfer , (it’s been 50+ years ago). There were four of us ranging from 14-8 , we always felt safe, safety in numbers.

I recall coming home from one game, the Giants had won, and on our trip home we saw them dropping off newspapers at the news kiosks with the headlines saying the giants had won, hot off the presses. Chronicle , Examiner, Oakland Tribune . Not sure if any of those papers survive in paper copy.

31 posted on 10/31/2022 7:15:26 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

I drove to one game at Candlestick Park because they were playing the Braves and I wanted to see Hank Aaron hit a home run. The Giants’ pitcher had a no-hitter going for quite a while so I was hoping for two contradictory things, to see a no-hitter and an Aaron home run. In the end did not see either, but Aaron did hit a double.


36 posted on 10/31/2022 8:39:50 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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