Posted on 04/08/2019 6:41:57 AM PDT by raccoonradio
According to Mut & Callahan, the Patriots have informed the Red Sox that Robert Kraft, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will not be in attendance at Fenway Park Tuesday.
Will Belicheck and Brady be character witnesses for Bob Kraft? LOL.
So?
The official name change of Yawkey Way back to Jersey Street is supposedly part of the ceremony coming up. This action largely the result of initiatives of John Henry, the filthy rich owner of the Red Sox and Boston Globe who to my knowledge has no charitable Institutions named after him.
Meanwhile, I am intimately familiar with a couple of multi million Dollar facilities which were built using Yawkey money in order to serve the poorest persons of the Metro region.
Meanwhile, Henry has continued to thrive financially by polluting the previously unadorned Fenway Park with advertising saturating the once prior beautiful green walls that Yawkey refused to provide space for.
During my youth, Fenway Park was an oasis away from the advertising.
Eff the nfl Forever!
The days of Duke Snyder, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson, and Pee Wee Reese are over. That is when men played baseball for the love of the game and not for the money. Guess you figured out I was a Brooklyn Dodger fan. I won’t watch any of these high paid, egotistical, primadonnas. Baseball or football.
And you didn't go over to the Mets with everyone else?
Too bad, we have a great team this year. Best announcers in the league too.
I have a copy of Peter Golenbock’s book about the Brooklyn Dodgers (BUMS), which was written in about 1984. Among the more interesting and enjoyable parts of the book (which had many), were the discussions and memories of the ballpark itself (Ebbets Field) and the surrounding neighbourhood and how ones like Snider, Robinson, Reese, and others were very well known and friendly with people there.
Would not surprise me that there were those good numbers of people who grew up in that area with the team during those years up to the late 1950s who after reading parts of the book that focused on those things (as opposed to the great moments in the team’s history) were that good deal teary eyed.
Youse was a dodja fan? I am a Yankee fan since da early 50s and da days a da Mick, Yogi, da skoota, da moose an all Dem guys! Great times laying in da back yd listening to Mel Allen call da games.
We kicked yur asses all over the city in Dem yrs. We used to pound your ace Newcombe like a batting practice pitcha..
FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!!
I remember as a kid going to Ebbets field for a Dodger game against my team the NY Giants. It was my first and only time in the bandbox. I went to many games in the Polo Grounds and sat in the fifty cent bleacher seats.
The players were just members of the community. They were in the grocery stores, barber shops, etc. Very approachable. My idol, Willie Mays, used to play stick ball with the kids in the streets.
Many of the players in the late 1940s and early 50s were veterans who saw action in WWII. They were heroes long before they went on to the baseball field.
The one game I saw at Ebbits Field might have been Preacher Roe's last game. They brought him on in relief with the bases loaded and Hank Thompson hit a grand slam off him.
ML/NJ
Hank Thompson, Alvin Dark, Wes Westrum, Monte Irvin, Willie, Don Mueller, Sal Maglie, Whitey Lockman, etc. I still remember the players of the 1951 and 1954 teams. Great players with high skill levels. They could compete today.
Played As:
Brooklyn Bridegrooms
1890-1898
Brooklyn Superbas
1899-1910
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
1911-1912
Brooklyn Dodgers
1913
Brooklyn Robins
1914-1931
Brooklyn Dodgers
1932-1957
Los Angeles Dodgers
1958-Present
During the off-season I go on Youtube they have the 52 World Series game 6 and 7 from Ebbets Field, Mel Allen and Red Barber at the mic. They are great.
During the off-season I go on Youtube they have the 52 World Series game 6 and 7 from Ebbets Field, Mel Allen and Red Barber at the mic. Mick is 20 and just great.
The Yawkey Way thing has to do with the fact that Yawkey was a pretty open racist. AND...Boston is one of the most racist cities in the US.
Remember folks, Boston is NOT Cambridge or Wellesley or Brookline. There are some hardcore “whitey areas” in Boston proper—and Yawkey knew where his bread was buttered.
Now its all a sewer.
The commuter railroad station nearby got changed to Fenway from Yawkey today as SJWs felt name of Yawkey was racist...and since the street is no longer named Yawkey Way, the railroad station is now called Landsdowne.
(What was Yawkey Way is where main ticket office and main gate are— now back to Jersey St...though the Earl of Jersey owned slaves.Landsdowne St, behind the Green Monster is also known as Ted Williams Way.)
A giant MGM Casino logo is up on the Green Monster. Huge ad.Not to be confused with the closer Encore, formerly Wynn, casino.
I saw that. I just love to watch those 50’s games.I remember staying home from school one autumn day to watch a ws game.The date was Oct 8 1956.
Remember that game?
IIRC, Manfred signed a mega-deal with the MGM "family" of casinos recently. Part of the deal was that starting lineups of each game must be submitted to MLB HQ between 15 and 30 minutes prior to start, so the MGM has time to adjust the betting odds at their sports books.
And for those that think the "Green Monster" has always been so pristine of advertising, check out this photo from the 1946 World Series:
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