MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[NCF]

WELL...   as a 10 year old in 1960 living in Pittsburgh who worshipped the ground the Pirates walked on, my all time nearest and dearest sports memory for ever will be Maz's HR to beat the Yankees, after they had crushed the Buccos in games 2, 3, and 6...  but the unlikeliest of heros emerged in game 7, backup first baseman Rocky Nelson, back up catcher Hal Smith, and Maz hits it into Schenley Park out of Forbes Field..... There will never be a match for such an amazing game 7..... and like Dennis, I too grew up watching the golden era of Baseball, only in Pittsburgh.... Groat Hoak Clemente Virdon Skinner Maz Friend Law Face.. heros all... except for Dick Stuart, the bum!!!!

My favorite book growing up was Young Baseball Champions. I still have it. You guys got to see players I could only read about .

[Dennis_Prikkel]

WELL...   as a 10 year old in 1960 living in Pittsburgh who worshipped the ground the Pirates walked on, my all time nearest and dearest sports memory for ever will be Maz's HR to beat the Yankees, after they had crushed the Buccos in games 2, 3, and 6...  but the unlikeliest of heros emerged in game 7, backup first baseman Rocky Nelson, back up catcher Hal Smith, and Maz hits it into Schenley Park out of Forbes Field..... There will never be a match for such an amazing game 7..... and like Dennis, I too grew up watching the golden era of Baseball, only in Pittsburgh.... Groat Hoak Clemente Virdon Skinner Maz Friend Law Face.. heros all... except for Dick Stuart, the bum!!!!

I was 13 the day Maz hit that home run listening to the game on radio in the sheet metal shop at Creston Junior High School in the Bronx.  Have always considered that "the moment I became a man".

The next year the Yankees took no prisoners - beating the Reds in 5 games - and Maris hit 61 homers and Mantle hit 54.

dgp

[Dennis_Prikkel]

in those days the teams played sunday doubleheaders.  I went to all the Yankee home doubleheaders in 1961.  General admission was $1.30.

[iwu70]

Yup, RogK, that well could be the game, the day I described.  Sounds about right.    Reggie made another play in that game where he let a throw hit off him whilst running the bases, too, that got the entire crowd up and angry as well.  I do remember the rains coming a few times and seeing the mist/rain falling in front of the lights above the right field bleachers, then Reggie hit that bullet and the whole Stadium went crazy!  He was surely the stick that stirs the drink . . .

Yes, Ypsi, I did see Thurmon Munson play quite a bit too . . . along with all the Yanks of that era -- Nettles, Bucky Dent, O'Neil, of course many others (how could we forget the ever awesome GOOOSE Gossage!) . . .   it was alot of fun going to the stadium in those days, with a relatively affordable ticket price, ability to bring in your own food and picnic etc.., and some lovely day night doubleheaders . . . so we could "play two," or take in two games.  Now, tickets and parking and food for you and your son will run you 4-500 bucks.  No thanks.  Give me the Lexington Snipes at Horenberger Field for the cost of my bike ride over to the IWU campus anyday!  We're in the days of the YES network now . . .

Dennis, sounds like a perfect place to grow up . . . near the Stadium, with $1.30 tickets!  I lived in Riverdale from 2000-2003 and went to a few games during those years too . . . including the year of the Subway Series with the Mets.  Great fun in the city . . . though also the terrible months, follow-on from 9/11.  Attended the Yankee Stadium public service for the victims of 9/11 as well . .   But, have yet to set foot in the new Yankee Stadium.  I've heard it is fabulous . . . a big improvement.  At least they saved the facade feature so it has some of the same feel as the old Yankee Stadium.

IWU70

[Dennis_Prikkel]

my son and I drove down from the Adirondacks in consecutive years to see the old Yankee Stadium.  He's been to the new one, as well as City Field where the other nyc team plays.

[hopefan]

in those days the teams played sunday doubleheaders.  I went to all the Yankee home doubleheaders in 1961.  General admission was $1.30.

Forbes Field... $1.25 GA.....   tip an usher $1.00 and get a field box seat down the third base line at infield depth...

[hopefan]

my son and I drove down from the Adirondacks in consecutive years to see the old Yankee Stadium.  He's been to the new one, as well as City Field where the other nyc team plays.

Nothing so beautiful as the trip on numerous occasions -  we (RPI as a player and then as a coach) would travel from Troy, NY, up through the Adirondacks, stop at Tupper Lake for pre game meal, then on up to Potsdam (Clarkson) and Canton (St. Lawrence) for Friday/Saturday games

[petemcb]

Belated but heartfelt congratulations to Owen Handy, who has been not just a top-notch assistant coach at Wheaton but a great, classy, and accessible example of everything that we here love about the CCIW in general.  Is it too late to squeeze Anderson into the Lee Pfund in a few months? ; )

[Gregory Sager]

heros all... except for Dick Stuart, the bum!!!!

Doctor Strangeglove! One of the all-time greatest major-league nicknames. Aside from his erratic fielding, he wasn't that bad a player, Hopefan. He had a career OPS+ of 117, and an OPS+ of 122 in his five years as a Pirate, and when you consider that he was playing the premier hitting position in baseball (first base), that means that he had a pretty solid bat.

Greg, you sure saw a bunch of mediocre players on the Chiefs when Guidry was there :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=adcc830c
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=014e68b1

Mediocre only by major-league standards, Rog. The Chiefs finished third in the International League in '75 and second in '76. And an awful lot of those players went on to play in the bigs, although only Guidry and Scott McGregor really had outstanding careers.

Those were good baseball teams by AAA standards. I enjoyed watching them. (CF Rick Bladt was my favorite Chief of that era; he attended my church a few times.)

Interesting that Guidry started 0 games at AAA in those seasons.

Yep. He was the closer for the Chiefs in the mid-'70s. I was pretty surprised when the Yankees turned him into a starter after calling him up.

Bobby Cox managed those teams, incidentally.

... and got thrown out of more than his fair share of games, of course.

my son and I drove down from the Adirondacks in consecutive years to see the old Yankee Stadium.  He's been to the new one, as well as City Field where the other nyc team plays.

Nothing so beautiful as the trip on numerous occasions -  we (RPI as a player and then as a coach) would travel from Troy, NY, up through the Adirondacks, stop at Tupper Lake for pre game meal, then on up to Potsdam (Clarkson) and Canton (St. Lawrence) for Friday/Saturday games

Once you've left the Troy city limits, everything looks like Shangri-La.

in those days the teams played sunday doubleheaders.  I went to all the Yankee home doubleheaders in 1961.  General admission was $1.30.

it was alot of fun going to the stadium in those days, with a relatively affordable ticket price, ability to bring in your own food and picnic etc.., and some lovely day night doubleheaders . . . so we could "play two," or take in two games.  Now, tickets and parking and food for you and your son will run you 4-500 bucks.  No thanks.

Forbes Field... $1.25 GA.....   tip an usher $1.00 and get a field box seat down the third base line at infield depth...

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[hopefan]

AAAAhhh Sager, what would we do without you !!!!!

[NCF]

AAAAhhh Sager, what would we do without you !!!!!

well.......

[Dennis_Prikkel]

AAAAhhh Sager, what would we do without you !!!!!

well.......

+K

[Dennis_Prikkel]

"north of troy looks like shangra-la"

obviously GS has not spent much time in downtown saratoga springs or all of glen falls

even makes decatur look like utopia

[Gregory Sager]

I've been to Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls, and I'd visit either one of them again in a heartbeat rather than go to Troy. "Shangri-La" is a relative term.

Troy used to aptly be nicknamed "the armpit of New York State." The problem is that upstate New York has gone so far downhill over the past three decades that NYS now has more armpits than an octopus. Troy, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls, Utica, Niagara Falls, Binghamton, Dunkirk, Elmira, etc. ... the Empire State has more dumpy, decaying Rust Belt towns than anyone can count.

[NCF]

"north of troy looks like shangra-la"

obviously GS has not spent much time in downtown saratoga springs or all of glen falls

even makes decatur look like utopia

Is that really possible?!?