Great game today on TV.
Texas is pretty much in but the Angels still have a shot!
Why I have always liked Baseball since I was young:
We played it at the Rec
Had no glove or bat
just showed up
and Mr B put us on the field
Dirt Grass & Cinders
Mr. B hands you a bat.
Somebody throws a ball at you?
you take a swat at the ball!
Run the bases...we just knew how to do that.
We progressed...Eddie Bowler found a wallet
on Wyoming Ave.
Had $55.00 in it. The 6 of us walked to Coopers on 5th Street.
Eddie B. bought us 4 Gloves, 6 Bats, a Catchers Mask
and a whole bunch of baseballs!
I was about 11 at the time
and baseball just got more Fun...
What a Game the Rangers & Angels had today!
Hope to see Cole Hamels do well for Texas in the Post Season.
4 comments:
Pea..I was one of the 6 who walked to Cooper's Sporting goods store at 5th & Wyoming..u forgot to mention he also bought 6 Blackhawk "sew on" patches..we had an instant team. Mom immediately sewed those patches on our tee-shirts and man, was I proud of that shirt! Long before "silk-screening" T.J. Great memory. Eddie Bowler is also the guy who picked a fight with the wrong guy, while we played some baseball at the rec...The Dutch pummeled him silly around 2nd base..it wasn't even close...every word is true!
I forgot about the Blachawk patches! What a great day that was
Cooker, I hope you are not talking about me. I have no PUGILISTIC tendencies. Oh yeah... I remember one day at Whitemarsh Country Club where I was protecting a few Caddies. Other than that OH Wait, there was an evening at B & Wyoming where a certain individual thought he could use my back to get closer to the Rim. Not a good decision on his part. The Dutch, Gay Caballero
Dutch..we needed some help, and you stepped up..I have never forgotten..nor will the others who were there that day..thanks! Just for the record..it was Melrose C.C.
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