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Howard
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Ken
I was lucky enough (and old enough) that as a little leaguer in Los Angeles, my dad brought me to the Roy Campenella benefit game in 1958 at the
Coliseum. We sat just under the clock and we were so far away, but it didn't matter. I went to a MLB baseball game. Not the Hollywood Stars at
Gilmore Field, which was around Fairfax and Wilshire or the L.A. Angeles. (Not the Angeles as we now them today)
I think it was Pee Wee Reese wheeled Roy out to the mound and it was very emotional, even for a 12 year old. They played the hated New York Yankees.
We sat so far away and so far up that I think I still get nosebleeds to this day!
I brought my glove to the game but they would of had to hit a 2,000 foot home for me to have a chance.
Thank you all for allowing me to go down memory lane.
Anyone remember that game?
My guess is the Astrodome for homers.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Howard
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I goggled the trivia question and I was wrong about the Stadium. The answer makes perfect sense. Anyone want any hints?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Dave
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What Year?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Here's a bit of trivia for you baseball fans: In what major league baseball stadium were the most home runs hit in a single season? Nobody EVER gets
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That would help a bit.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
I goggled the trivia question and I was wrong about the Stadium. The answer makes perfect sense. Anyone want any hints? |
Colorado Rockies???
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MrBillM
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Coliseum
I attended a number of Dodger games at the L.A. Coliseum on Church group outings. They must have got them Free. Not all that far UP, but Always WAY
Down the Right Field Line. Couldn't see Scheisse, but kids always have a good time.
The one game I DIDN'T get to attend was the World Series game in '59 that my Dad got tickets for. Left me at home and went with his drunken friends.
I later "acquired" the "Dodgers '59" record album he'd bought. He died never knowing where that album went to despite rigorous interrogation. A
friend once offered me $250 for it. About what it was going for on EBay at the time. But, what can you do with $250 ? Rather have the album and the
memory of how I got it and what I paid for it.
"Big bouncer over the mound, over Second, Mantilla up with it. Throws Low and Wild. Hodges Scores. We go to Chicago".
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Skipjack Joe
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My guess is Yankee Stadium, probably in the 30's. But that's an obvious choice. You said it was hard. So that's probably not it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by nobaddays
Willie Davis gets a hit and Tommy does the same... here comes Mr Howard with a chance to win the game... hit it once..big Frank bunts?? From Danny
Thomas Dodger song 1960's
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More lyrics;
Gilliam up, Miller grunts, Miller throws, Gilliam bunts
Cepeda runs to field the ball, Hiller covers first
Haller runs to back up Hiller
Hiller crashes into Miller
Miller falls drops the ball Conlan calls SAFE!
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Dave
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My lucky, SOB cousin...
| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
I later "acquired" the "Dodgers '59" record album he'd bought. He died never knowing where that album went to despite rigorous interrogation. A
friend once offered me $250 for it. About what it was going for on EBay at the time. But, what can you do with $250 ? Rather have the album and the
memory of how I got it and what I paid for it.
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Has an autographed baseball from Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Same ball. Got it after watching them hit homers at Wrigley Field...in Los
Angeles.
Wonder what that's worth. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Has an autographed baseball from Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Same ball. Got it after watching them hit homers at Wrigley Field...in Los
Angeles.
Wonder what that's worth. |
I have thirty or forty just like it. Make me an offer and I'll throw in an Aluminum bat signed by Ty Cobb. 
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Willie Davis Was a Bajanomad??
There was a magical time in New York when there were three teams. My grandparents lived a mile from Ebbets Field. I could walk two blocks to the
subway and take it to either Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds. The magic? All at the same time center fielders were Duke Snider, Willie Mays, and
Mickey Mantle.
Oh, and I believe the home run query is a trick question.
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MrBillM
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That's LIFE
Magazine. On EBay:
Sep 28, 1962 (BEFORE the Playoffs) Issue with Don Drysdale (Dodger Strong Arm) on the Cover and a featured article "Wild West Dodgers".
Buy it Now price $14.50
AND
(2) Issues of Sports Illustrated: May 1 1972 issue with Willie Davis on the cover and Aug. 20 1973 issue with Claude Osteen and Bill
Russell on the cover.
Starting Bid $1.00. Zero bids so far. Ends 13 March 1105 PST.
[Edited on 3-11-2010 by MrBillM]
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Anybody here see any Dodger games in the Coliseum? I was there for the first one. In center field, about row 100, 3.5 miles from home plate. But it
was great.
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I was 7 when the Dodgers came to town, and when I went to my first game at the Coliseum. I don't remember ever being a baseball fan before that. And
my dad was never a sports fan. But somehow, I knew there was something special about names like Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges...
Anyway, I was hooked!
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Bajahowodd
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So Much For The Tradition
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/05/sports/la-sp-mccourt...
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Hook
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It's a trick question and has to be a stadium where two teams were using the stadium at the same time.
Could it have been Dodger Stadium or maybe the Coliseum? Was the Polo Grounds ever shared? Connie Mack Stadium?
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Hook
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Did the Browns and the Cardinals share old Sportsman's Park?
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Hook
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If this is something stupid like involving games that were not MLB games, Ken, I am crying foul!
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Hook
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Did the Braves and Red Sox share Fenway at one time?
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Hook, amigo, go Google and give up the fight. It's not pretty.
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MrBillM
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The Polo Grounds Shared ?
Yeah, by THE Yankees, senor.
It was the ascendancy of the upstart Yankees with Babe Ruth that ended the sharing. The Yankees were forced to build their own stadium.
That's WHY Yankee Stadium was the house that Ruth built.
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Howard
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Like I said, I gave my guess and was wrong. I then cheated and went to google and found the answer. Come on guys, am I the ony mental idiot? The
answer makes perfect sense.
I am sure that someone will get it during happy hour today. You will all be having a non Mexican beer when you find the answer.
Ken started this so it is not fair for me to get too involved, but do any of you weak people out there want a hint?
By the way, I arrive in Loreto March 30 and will be there around 1 week. Anyone going to be at Augies for Happy Hour during that time? I'll buy you
a beer!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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