I Wish

RCMcKenzie · #1 02-26-2023, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by todeen

Amen.

You guys must be younger than me. You had the Big Red Machine, the current Houston Astros of the 1970's.

Also, isn't Baltimore 30 miles from DC? Go to the Orioles games.

I wish the Adams family would let the McNair family use the name, "Oilers".

rjackson44 · #2 02-26-2023, 05:35 AM

I could find a complete darby chocolate box oh well

Hankphenom · #3 02-26-2023, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Also, isn't Baltimore 30 miles from DC? Go to the Orioles games.

We did, but only because they had those great teams and players before the franchise fell apart in the mid-80s. I went to many "O's" (as they started calling them to market to Washingtonians) games, and enjoyed them, but it never came close to being my team because it wasn't my town. And it's always a good hour or so between Balmor and D.C. no matter how you cut it, not bad but not a hop, skip, and jump either.

RCMcKenzie · #4 02-26-2023, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom

We did, but only because they had those great teams and players before the franchise fell apart in the mid-80s. I went to many "O's" (as they started calling them to market to Washingtonians) games, and enjoyed them, but it never came close to being my team because it wasn't my town. And it's always a good hour or so between Balmor and D.C. no matter how you cut it, not bad but not a hop, skip, and jump either.

My cousin and his wife are Nationals and Ravens fans. Too bad, the Orioles were really good, but I guess that was a long time ago.

Hankphenom · #5 02-26-2023, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

My cousin and his wife are Nationals and Ravens fans. Too bad, the Orioles were really good, but I guess that was a long time ago.

40 years! I've known a lot of people in the D.C. orbit who gravitated toward Baltimore and became big fans of their teams, particularly those living in the Maryland suburbs. And before D.C. got the Nationals back, I went to many games in Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown, and Bowie, so I got very close to the franchise, but it just never captured my affections like the D.C. teams of my youth and since. I'm a D.C. guy, born and raised.

Tabe · #6 02-28-2023, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

You guys must be younger than me. You had the Big Red Machine, the current Houston Astros of the 1970's.

And a title in 1990, too.

Tabe · #7 02-28-2023, 01:21 AM

I wish:

- the Red Wings' limo driver had been sober
- the refs hadn't called that bogus foul on Laimbeer in the '88 Finals
- Mario Lemieux could have been healthy his entire career
- The '91 Redskins didn't exist so my '91 Lions could win a Super Bowl
- MLB hadn't jerked around the minor leagues and ruined the short-season Spokane Indians by making them full-season AA
- The last 2 minutes of the 2017 NCAA Basketball finals had been played on a dry floor
- I could have seen Mickey, Babe, Ty, Ted, Hank and Willie play