After the nabka, my Dad took me to Philadelphia a couple of times on the train to see the Giants play the Phillies.
The last time we went, the game was rained out, it was cold, we got soaked and we didn’t get home until 3:30AM. Mom put an end to the trips to Philly.
After that, it was listening to Les Keiter’s recreations of the games in San Francisco on WINS 1010. I still have a broken old clock in my home office set to 6:05, the time of those old broadcasts.
I had a much easier time driving to Shea with my father to see Mets-Dodgers games. In the ‘70s there were nearly as many Dodger fans in the stands as Mets fans. From the powerhouse ‘73 team, all they had left was Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool,and Joe Torre. Lee Mazilli was supposed to be the new star. He was a .300 hitting center fielder with little power and no arm. He did sell beefcake posters.