50 years ago today, the Washington Senators ...

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It was awful when they moved but we lived in the MD suburbs and it really wasn't that far to Memorial Stadium or too many years later we all had licenses, so it wasn't like we totally lost out on live baseball.

I lived just outside of DC in Rockville. I could never get on the Orioles band wagon. It just did not seem right to me. Nothing was quite the same and I just did not have that connection to the team.

On the upside, the Senators never had another losing season after they left for texas. :-) I kept telling myself that over the years anyway.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I lived just outside of DC in Rockville. I could never get on the Orioles band wagon. It just did not seem right to me. Nothing was quite the same and I just did not have that connection to the team.

On the upside, the Senators never had another losing season after they left for texas. :-) I kept telling myself that over the years anyway.

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

At least I got to witness the Grand Slam of sports championships in my lifetime.

Bullets
Redskins
Capitals
Nationals

Sorry but I just do not follow the Mystics....

I really did not think the last two would ever happen. I am so happy to be wrong.

Now if I could only find a Bullets Championship pennant, I will have all 4 first win pennants. It is a hard thing to come by.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

At least I got to witness the Grand Slam of sports championships in my lifetime.

Bullets
Redskins
Capitals
Nationals

Sorry but I just do not follow the Mystics....

I really did not think the last two would ever happen. I am so happy to be wrong.

Now if I could only find a Bullets Championship pennant, I will have all 4 first win pennants. It is a hard thing to come by.

Does Bullets Fever still happen to you every year?

The Hayes Unseld teams really were fun.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Does Bullets Fever still happen to you every year?

The Hayes Unseld teams really were fun.

The Opera is OVER!!!! The Fat Lady Sang! I wore that shirt until it was threadbare. Good times!!!!!!

Now, it is more enjoyable to watch Maryland basketball. What passes for pro ball today is just not basketball. Damn, I am old......

EEEEEEEEE! Oh yeah!

And don't forget KP. He made us short people think we could play too.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

The Opera is OVER!!!! The Fat Lady Sang! I wore that shirt until it was threadbare. Good times!!!!!!

Now, it is more enjoyable to watch Maryland basketball. What passes for pro ball today is just not basketball. Damn, I am old......

EEEEEEEEE! Oh yeah!

And don't forget KP. He made us short people think we could play too.

Fear the turtle.
I loved Dandridge, memories of course get distorted but I recall him outplaying Erving in the semis the year they won, especially in the fourth quarters.

[mark evans]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Fear the turtle.
I loved Dandridge, memories of course get distorted but I recall him outplaying Erving in the semis the year they won, especially in the fourth quarters.

I struck up a friendship with Dandridge some years ago. He played his college basketball and now lives in Norfolk, my home town. He told me that the Bullets acquired him specifically to guard Erving because we always had trouble with Philly in the playoffs. A terrific guy and well deserving of the HOF.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

Yep. I got to like the O's in the late 70s and early 80s, went to many games, rooted for them, loved listening to Chuck Thompson and John Miller, two of the best to ever do a game. But I was a D.C. kid, that was my city, and Baltimore was not. I'm sure a lot of suburban Maryland kids, especially the younger ones, made the transition almost seamlessly, but I had too much water under the bridge with my Nats at that point.