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07-13-2024, 01:36 PM
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My dad’s guy was Duke Snyder. Only a few years ago I looked up Snyder’s numbers for the first time and was like “oh … shit …”. He still holds a number of Dodger offensive records.
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07-13-2024, 02:30 PM
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Dads Favorite
My Dad got his Masters at Columbia and watched his favorite fellow Marylander play at Yankee Stadium …. Charlie “King Kong” Keller. His nephew ( a 6 foot 5 guy with a Marine Flat top haircut) …. Jack Keller …. was my Drivers Ed teacher and our Varsity Baseball coach.
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07-13-2024, 02:45 PM
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My father only liked baseball of the four major sports. His team of coarse was the Phillies. He was a smoker and had lung cancer. During the 1980 World Series, (and playoffs) I watched all the games with him instead of hanging out with my friends watching at local bars. He was so happy when the Phillies got the last out to secure the title. He passed away a year later and I know it meant a lot to him that I was with him. It meant a lot to me also.
Bob
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07-13-2024, 04:03 PM
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My father was pushing 50 when I was born. In the early 70's we would spend Sunday's watching football. Especially the 4pm game on NBC featuring Curt Gowdy or Charlie Jones. MNF was a must (first half for me only).
He loved George Blanda of the Oakland Raiders and other crusty old pros like Sonny Jurgensen and Billy Kilmer of George Allen's Over the Hill gang.
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07-13-2024, 07:11 PM
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My dad and I listened to the Twins on the radio and watched them on TV. We'd also go to a few games each year. His favorite was Zoilo Versalles and mine was Camilo Pascual (and later, Cesar Tovar.)
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07-13-2024, 08:21 PM
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My Dad grew up in Brooklyn practically in sight of Ebbets Field but was a Yankee fan. His favorites were Joe D and Allie Reynolds. And years later, when he took me nearly every Sunday, his guy was Hector Lopez.
As close as he was to Ebbets (he lived about 15 blocks down Flatbush Avenue) he only went twice, to see the Yankees in the '41 and '47 Series. He told me he and his friends camped out for tickets in '41. He was also passionate about the football Giants and especially the NY Rangers The Rangers were the only team we 'shared'. My Mom never cared about sports although she played high school hoops in Pennsylvania. Back then, it was 6 on 6, and you only played in the front or backcourt. She still had a fairly good set shot when we'd all go out and shoot around in our driveway on Long Island when I was a kid. LOL
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