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BRING OUT YOUR DEAD (Part Whatever)

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Puck Swami said:
There is a slight remnant of the polo grounds that's still around near 155th street....click the link below and scroll down about halfway until you get to a photo of the old staircase,,,,
http://forgotten-ny.com/STREET SCENES/155thstreet/155.html

Shibe Park, in a rather grim urban ghetto neighborhood in North Philly, was my first ballpark visit, and what I remember most was the my dad paying off the neighborhood kids to "watch your car, Mister". I didn't quite understand (I was five) why those kids got paid to watch my Dad's car. Seemed like a great gig for a kid....:eek: My father later told me that the kids would destroy his car if they weren't paid, I got my first understanding of "extortion"...

Today, shibe park has been replaced by a huge church and it's parking lot. Pictures here (scroll down)

http://www.projectballpark.org/history/nl/shibe.html
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Jeez. Swami, we're channeling today. I used to run into the "check your car" dodge all the time outside Chicago Stadium. The trick was to ask the oldest kid his name, give him half the money, and tell him you'd give him the rest after the game. He was always there. Always.

As I've posted before, in those days on Madison Street, Chicago Stadium was surrounded by "dual use" businesses. During the day, mom and pop bodega. At night, young ladies lounging around in the front, waving to the men as they drove by. Some of them did substantially more than wave, if you get my drift.
 
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Puck Swami said:
There is a slight remnant of the polo grounds that's still around near 155th street....click the link below and scroll down about halfway until you get to a photo of the old staircase,,,,
http://forgotten-ny.com/STREET SCENES/155thstreet/155.html

Shibe Park, in a rather grim urban ghetto neighborhood in North Philly, was my first ballpark visit, and what I remember most was the my dad paying off the neighborhood kids to "watch your car, Mister". I didn't quite understand (I was five) why those kids got paid to watch my Dad's car. Seemed like a great gig for a kid....:eek: My father later told me that the kids would destroy his car if they weren't paid, I got my first understanding of "extortion"...

Today, shibe park has been replaced by a huge church and it's parking lot. Pictures here (scroll down)

http://www.projectballpark.org/history/nl/shibe.html
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Wow, that NY site is cool, have to bookmark that one.
Shibe always looked so cool on the outside it seemed a shame to lose it, especially for Veterans. I didn't realize it was in a bad part of town....
 
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DrDemento said:
And the home run was not exactly a titanic blast-remember the foul lines in the Polo Grounds were extremely short. What most people do not remember is that the Giants were 13+ games back as late as August 11th and their final 44 games they went 37-7 to tie for the lead. My folks were fervent iant fans-I was a very young Dodger fan:eek:
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a M.A.S.H. episode was made about this comeback..
 
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Old Pio said:
Jeez. Swami, we're channeling today. I used to run into the "check your car" dodge all the time outside Chicago Stadium. The trick was to ask the oldest kid his name, give him half the money, and tell him you'd give him the rest after the game. He was always there. Always.
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My Dad taught me the same trick going up to the Bronx! The Bronx is also where I saw the "throw a kid out in front of the car" scam, made famous years later by Tom Wolfe, actually performed (not on us thank god).
 
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Greyeagle said:
Two stadiums I wish I could have seen in person: The Polo Grounds and Shibe Park. I didn't realize how close the Polo Grounds was to Yankee Stadium until I saw an old picture in a baseball stadium book. Likes to be about a driver and a short wedge to me....
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Although I am a diehard Yank fan, the first game I ever went to was at the Polo Grounds when the Mets faced the Milwaukee Braves in a twin bill. The Mets promptly lossed both games on a drizzly day and Hank Aaron hit a home run. Marv Thronberry played 1st in one of the games for the Mets. You could walk between the two stadiums over the bridge.
 
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Bill Millin, the bagpiper who played on the beaches of Normandy during the first wave of the D-Day invasion by order of his commander, and in defiance of an order to not play the pipes.
 
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Kepler said:
There is a sizable third group of us who don't give a crap about the Yankees either way. I'd root for them in a WS against a "fake" team (Marlins, Rockies, D'Backs) or a despised team (Braves), but otherwise I'd probably root for NY. They're like the Rangers. Meh.
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Wait, hold on. You rooted for the Yankees in 2001? And 2003? Seriously?
 
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jmh said:
Wait, hold on. You rooted for the Yankees in 2001? And 2003? Seriously?
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Sure. The one unshakable rule of sports is any expansion, relocation, or divisional reconfiguration that occurred after my 18th birthday is an abomination that must be reversed. Though I would say in both those years my interest was sub-zero. I said I'd root for the Yankees, not that I'd be excited about it.

As you can see, my patronage is essential to a team's success.

Corrected World Series matchups since 1981:

1997: Cleveland defeated Atlanta
2001: Yankees defeated Atlanta
2003: Yankees defeated Cubs
2007: Boston defeated Philadelphia
2008: Philadelphia defeated Boston
 
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Kepler said:
1997: Cleveland defeated Atlanta
2001: Yankees defeated Atlanta
2003: Yankees defeated Cubs
2007: Boston defeated Philadelphia
2008: Philadelphia defeated Boston
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Do you still drive a Studebaker or did you trade up to an AMC?
 
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Hammer said:
Do you still drive a Studebaker or did you trade up to an AMC?
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The Japs were already kicking Detroit's nuts in 1981. I'm safe.

But to answer the real question, I do not now drink, nor have I ever drunk, Bartles and James wine coolers.
 
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thebrain said:
Gen. Skandor Akbar
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Him?

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