I Wish

[jingram058]

Don't worry, no rant here, just waxing nostalgically.

I wish the Senators never left D.C., although I do like the Twins and the Rangers.

I wish the Browns never left St. Louis. How cool would it be to have 2 teams share a stadium? Same reason, I wish the A's never left Philadelphia. The Dodgers? That's hard. I love the Brooklyn Dodgers, I even have a shrine to them in my man cave bedroom (my mom worked at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard during WW2, and she went to Ebbets Field, and her favorite player was Cookie Lavagetto). But my best friend from childhood to this day is a LA Dodgers fan, and so am I. Last, how about the bathtub Polo Grounds? Lot of history there, too.

I wish the White Sox never left old Comiskey Park. Sure it was run down, but it had something, there was something about it. Some of the old parks needed to go, I get it. But I bet the White Sox wish they were still there.

I wish Russwood Park in Memphis never burned down. Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, and all the rest played there at times.

I wish someone would wake up and realize the history with Terry Park in Fort Myers. Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx and all the others played there, too. When the 29-30-31 A's were in their heyday, they held spring training there. Thing is, it's still there, only the wooden stands burned down there, too, and were rebuilt only to be destroyed by Hurricane Donna in 1960.

Do I live in the past? Yes.